Agent · Lawyer / legislator
Ronald Faulk
fl. 1988–1989 · United States
Lawyer, active 1988–1989. Sold to Peg Goldberg; worked for Robert Fitzgerald.
Life and work
- June–July 1988Introduced in Amsterdam by Bob Fitzgerald as his lawyer; became Michel van Rijn's lawyer too; in the Kanakaria mosaics negotiation with Peg Goldberg he took a 5 percent share of Fitzgerald's and van Rijn's half of the resale proceeds in lieu of fees.
AmsterdamHofstadter 1994
- July 1988Flew to Munich to meet Aydin Dikmen (apparently already there a few days earlier on van Rijn's behalf), reported that Dikmen would sell at about half the first price, and was then dispatched to accompany Dikmen and the mosaics to Switzerland for examination in Geneva.
MunichHofstadter 1994
- 1989In discovery produced a secret purchase agreement among the three middlemen showing Dikmen was paid $350,000; his deposition said he himself received $80,000 on the side as compensation. Goldberg testified he assisted her in negotiations although her own lawyer was Ezra Friedlander.
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
Connections
4 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Agent for Michel van Rijn1988
- Sold to Peg Goldberg1988
- Agent for Robert Fitzgerald1988
Fieldwork & employment
- Employed by Robert Fitzgerald1988
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Aydın Dikmen1988
- Met Aydın Dikmen1988
- Worked with Michel van Rijn1988
- Worked with Peg Goldberg1988
- Worked with Robert Fitzgerald1988
Sources
- 1.Dan Hofstadter (1994). Goldberg's Angel: An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade.