Houston Public MediaA planned court-ordered auction of about 1,400 pieces of African art, which once were controversially in the possession of a Houston-area politician, was scrapped at nearly the last hour because the collection owner filed for bankruptcy.
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Court-ordered auction of controversial African art scrapped after collection owner files for bankruptcy
About 1,400 pieces of African art, which once were in the possession of Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis, were set to be sold Thursday morning as part of a nearly $990,000 court judgment against Sam Njunuri. The auction was canceled a few hours beforehand because Njunuri filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.