Christie's Images Ltd. 2009

Camille Pissarro, "Le Quai Malaquais et l'Institut" (1903)

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After claiming a Camille Pissarro painting stolen from her family in 1938, Gisela Bermann-Fischer recovered Le Quai Malaquais, Printemps (1903) in 2007. Curiously, she is now auctioning the painting at Christie’s Impressionist and modern art sale in London on June 23. It is expected to garner between £900,000 and £1.5 million ($1.45–2.46 million). Bermann-Fischer says it cost her at least 500,000 Swiss francs ($466,000) in lawyers’ fees to get the painting back.

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