A proposed tour with stops at the Hermitage in St Petersburg, the British Museum in London, and venues in the Far East was cancelled because costs were too high.In what could result in one of the most interesting lawsuits over art ownership in decades, the estate of Pablo Picasso has ...
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They were told to go to their local airport, where they were flown by jet to Helsinki, and then in Paul Allen's Boeing 757 to St Petersburg. They were given a private tour of the Hermitage, a jaunt by helicopter down the Baltic Sea to Tallinn, plus a 'rare opportunity' to fire weap...