Dealer · Agent
Robert Fitzgerald
fl. 1981–1989 · United States
Art dealer in pre-Columbian, African and Oceanic material, active 1981–1989. Sold to Peg Goldberg and Stewart Bick; employed Ronald Faulk.
Life and work
- 1981Began visiting Peg Goldberg's framing shop; said he was an art dealer who had searched for artefacts worldwide (Latin America); his condo held pre-Columbian, African and Oceanic pieces; she understood he had been a 'background picker' for antiquities galleries.
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
- June–July 1988Took Goldberg to Amsterdam, mentioned the Kanakaria mosaics, introduced van Rijn and Faulk; Goldberg agreed 3 July 1988 to buy for a little over $1m; he and van Rijn each had a 22.5 percent stake in resale proceeds.
AmsterdamHofstadter 1994
- 2 June 1989Testified for Cyprus's side (called by Kline). Asked where the $650,000 gap between Dikmen's $350,000 and Goldberg's price went, said it was divided between himself and van Rijn; Hofstadter reckons the two netted $580,000 as brokers, plus later earnings from selling their back-end interests to Stewart Bick.
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
- September 1989ChargedCharged with conspiracy in the 1984 burglary of an Indiana art collector's home (not a Cypriot matter); trial repeatedly postponed; the case depended largely on two convicted felons turned state's witnesses; Hofstadter notes Fitzgerald himself had no rap sheet. Outcome not stated in the passage read.
Connections
6 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Bought from Aydın Dikmenprobably1988
- Sold to Peg Goldberg1988
- Represented by Ronald Faulk1988
- Sold to Stewart Bick1988
Fieldwork & employment
- Employed Ronald Faulk1988
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Aydın Dikmen1988
- Worked with Michel van Rijn1988
- Worked with Ronald Faulk1988
- Met Dan Hofstadter
Sources
- 1.Dan Hofstadter (1994). Goldberg's Angel: An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade.