As to KC's question of why now, they were talking about this on NPR again this morning. Apparently the electrician stored these in a box in his garage for more than 40 years in anticipation of the fact that Picasso's heirs would accuse him of theft. He was allowing the statute of limitations to expire, and also is doing this now so that he and his wife will take the brunt of the mud slinging instead of their children inheiriting and having to go through it themselves. The electrician claims that due to the extensive security at Picassos home at the time, that theft would have been impossible. He claims that Picasso's wife put them into his hands herself, and it is confirmed that among the pieces are portraits of Picasso's first wife that Wife #2 may have wanted out of the house. I wonder if this could have been housekeepping on the part of Wife #2? Although 271 items is a whole lot of housekeepping.
