Colin Bishop worked for a man called George Francis who owned a high class Public House and Restaurant. One of the regular customers at this establishment was one Mr James "Barry" Barrymore, who had changed his name because of events in his past. Mr Barrymore was a Company Director with offices at 37 Brook St, W1 and offered to act as an agent for Colin Bishop after George Francis mentioned the paintings and other gifts Colin had received from Robert McKenzie. Mr Barrymore agreed to sell the paintings for Colin Bishop and to this end had the paintings checked by a firm of solicitors known to Mr Barrymore. The paintings received a "clean bill of health" from the solicitors indicating that the paintings were not stolen. Mr Barrymore then sent the paintings to America, which required the paintings to pass through both British and US Customs, which they did with no problems. This was in 1985, some 3 years after they were allegedly stolen from Fawns Manor, so why was it that when they went through Customs they were not picked up as being stolen? On reaching the US the buyer wanted proof of legal ownership, so Barrymore, Bishop and Francis went to a firm of solicitors and swore out an Affidavit in which Colin Bishop swore that the paintings were his and how he came by them. This was then sent with a covering letter from the solicitors who had sworn out the Affidavit to the US but no sale was made at this time.