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Ostrer also owned an art dealership known as Nicolini’s that
rented art to movie studios. Petitioner acquired from Nicolini’s
62 10-volume sets of “Figures of the Bible”, a painting entitled
“St. Peter as Bishop”, a painting entitled “Madonna and Christ
Child”, and a monstrance. (Hereinafter these articles will be
referred to collectively as the religious articles, and the
religious articles and the Kesslers will be referred to as the
contributed property.)
During the time that he owned the contributed property,
which he estimates as 20 to 30 years, petitioner never attempted
to obtain insurance on the contributed property. He never
attempted to sell the property. He stored the contributed
property in boxes on pallets in the Operative Cake bakery
warehouse. The warehouse had a rodent problem and was very hot
during the summer. Twelve to fifteen people worked in the
warehouse. The only security was a guard at the exit of the
warehouse.
In 1993, Bishop John Peter Walzer (Walzer) of The Anglican
Catholic Church, Diocese of Connecticut, Southern Episcopal
Church (diocese) visited petitioner seeking donations.
Petitioner met with Walzer several more times to discuss a
potential contribution. On November 29, 1993, Gerald Malina
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