Princess Paley sues for art

November 26, 1928

Today in London, Olga, Princess Paley, contested the sale of art treasures worth $240,000. She has demanded the immediate return of paintings, tapestries and art work from a syndicate of dealers who bought the items from the Soviet government last spring.
The Princess never transferred the ownership of the items when she fled Russia in 1919. She later learned that the possessions had been sold, and she discovered that some of items were in a dingy warehouse in Wapping.
Olga is the second wife of Grand Duke Paul of Russia, who was killed by the Bolsheviks in January 1919.