jack99 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 DATE: September 20, 2006 TEXT: Rocker Axl Rose just got hit with a lawsuit by a Los Angeles art dealer who says he backed out of a deal to buy a $2.3 million Andy Warhol portrait of John Lennon. The Acquire d'Arte gallery charges in L.A. Superior Court that, after agreeing to buy the painting, Rose's manager said Axl didn't like the price or didn't have enough money for final payments. The gallery wants $1.1 million in damages. Rose's lawyer Howard Weitzman tells us: "Axl owes nothing," adding: "[He] may be the victim of a fraud or misrepresentation." SOURCE: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/454168p-382165c.htmlRELATED DISCUSSION: http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?showtopic=79470 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madison Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Here's another article/editorial comment on the suit:DATE: Sept. 29, 2006SOURCE: The AgeThe Word CRAIG MATHIESON; ANDREW MURFETT 29 September 2006The Age© 2006 Copyright John Fairfax Holdings Limited. AXL ROSE (right) really has a problem finishing things. The dreadlock-adorned frontman of GUNS N' ROSES is not only, oh, roughly 12 years late with the former heavy-metal titan's much postponed new album, Chinese Democracy but now he's forgotten to fork over about $1.5 million he owes as the second payment on a portrait of John Lennon produced by ANDY WARHOL (middle right). Rose, who is being sued by broker Acquire d'Arte, laid down half the cost but since then his manager has told the dealers, "The painting was not worth the price he had agreed to pay." Hopefully Rose will extend this policy to Chinese Democracy if - not when - it's released, with fans paying 50 per cent upfront and then deciding if they want to give Rose a cent more after they've listened to it. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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