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The activities of Robin Symes, a London antiquities dealer who has done business with many of the world's top collectors, came into sharp focus at the trial of Marion True, a former curator at the J Paul Getty Museum. Mr. Symes has not been charged in the case, but Italian prosecutors have been investigating his ties to Ms. True. Without indicating where the information came from, Mr. Watson testified that Mr. Michailidis and Mr. Symes were attending a dinner at the villa given by Shelby White and Leon Levy, American antiquities collectors who were clients of Mr. Symes. In 2001, Mr. Michailidis's family began legal proceedings against Mr. Symes in an effort to reclaim what they argued was his half share of the men's business.