Q: individual to do appraisal of valuable photos refuses to return photos. What do I do?
My mom was looking to sell photos that were taken by her mom of famous people, i.e. JFK , Astronauts john Glenn Shepard and their are many. She was to review and appraisal first and then we would go from their as to how much they are worth. She owned a Junk/Antiques and local pawn shop, The photos were in her possesion for over a month. I kept asking her about them and she continued to give excuses. I mentioned my mom wants the photos back this was 12/21 , her personal life with boyfriend , they worked store together, became toxic and messy split. After he was banned from the business I asked her about the photos again. She was gong to gve them to me but excuses. i worked and never recieved payment because of her personal life caused business to decline. I never was paid and asked many times for pictures. I am at the same place over a year later and she avoids my mom and I , but has sent pictires of phots via text and written in text .she has no problem giving them back anytime .???
A:
If someone refuses to return your property to you, then they are committing a theft. You can call the police. You could also hire an attorney to "politely" ask the person to return the property.
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