Liz Keeps Van Gogh

The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that Dame Elizabeth Taylor can keep a Van Gogh painting she bought in 1963 for £92,000 at Sotheby's in London: Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy (View of the Asylum and Chapel at Saint-Remy) dated 1889. It's now estimated to be worth £5-8m ($10-15m). The family of a previous owner alleged it had been stolen by the Nazis, but Dame Elizabeth's lawyers claimed there was evidence it had been sold in the late 1920's and had passed through the hands of two Jewish art dealers without Nazi coercion. Put a good copy on the Web, Liz, in case it gets nicked.