Of course, this morning I start out to follow your directions about collecting the system log info and the Art folder opens just fine. Believe since the original post and this morning, the macbook was rebooted with the external HD's connected. Guess the recovery within Espionage worked just like it should. The one file within Art folder looks fine.
Below is the system log entries when I originally tried to open the folder about 36 hrs ago. I realize the problem is resolved but thought I'd post for informational purposes.
Oct 13 17:14:59 DreamWest-Mind fseventsd[35]: log dir: /Volumes/EspionageMounts/nb/3790953693/Art/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 60E7E21F-0E56-4E9E-A2AF-DC66F30C5B1D
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind com.taoeffect.EspionageHelper[418]: /dev/disk5 Apple_partition_scheme
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind com.taoeffect.EspionageHelper[418]: /dev/disk5s1 Apple_partition_map
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind com.taoeffect.EspionageHelper[418]: /dev/disk5s2 Apple_HFS /Volumes/EspionageMounts/nb/3790953693/Art
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: ERROR (-[NSFileManager(TEAdditions) forceRenameItemAtPath:to:]:86): couldn't rename '/Volumes/OWC Exp GUID/Art' to '/Volumes/OWC Exp GUID/Art-saved': Permission denied
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: ERROR (safeRemoveFolderAtPath:1479): couldn't rename saved folder
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: ERROR (safeRemoveFolderAtPath:1501): couldn't safely delete folder: (null)
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: ERROR (unlockRecordWithPassword:1682): failed to unlock (/Volumes/OWC Exp GUID/Art): Couldn't unlock 'Art'\nCheck the log (see Espionage Help menu) for more info.
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: INFO: Posted critical message: Couldn't unlock 'Art'\nCheck the log (see Espionage Help menu) for more info.
Oct 13 17:15:00 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: INFO: removing ACL (16|2) from: /Volumes/OWC Exp GUID/Art
Oct 13 17:15:01 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: ERROR (-[UnlockRecordTask runTask]:77): Failed to unlock: /Volumes/OWC Exp GUID/Art
Oct 13 17:15:01 DreamWest-Mind EspionageHelper[418]: ERROR (event_handler:496): handler failed to unlock: /Volumes/OWC Exp GUID/Art
Oct 13 17:15:01 DreamWest-Mind UnmountAssistant[2587]: Volume unmounted successfully
Thanks again for a great product and I'll be more careful about ejected HD's before pulling the cables.
nancy