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UPDATED > Proposed U.S.-Egypt MoU Attracts Contrasting Comments from Heritage Preservationists and Ancient Coin Collectors

ByRick St. Hilaire

“Please exempt ancient coins. Don’t ruin my hobby. Thanks[.]” That reaction summarizes many comments submitted to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) by dozens of ancient coin collectors worried about the adoption of…

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The Top Import Suppliers of Works of Art, Collectors’ Pieces and Antiques to the United States

ByRick St. Hilaire

Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques imported into the United States are categorized by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code 97. CHL recently identified 2013’s top source countries of archaeological, historical, and…

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The Museum Raids Cases Revisited: Recalling the Southeast Asian Artifacts Seized and the Dealers Indicted

ByRick St. Hilaire

The recent repatriations of Cambodian cultural objects by Sotheby’s, Christie’s, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Norton Simon Museum have once again drawn  public attention to at-risk Cambodian heritage. It has also…

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UPDATED > Minding the Value Gap Between U.K. Exports and U.S. Imports of Works of Art, Collectors’ Pieces and Antiques

ByRick St. Hilaire

The reported export values of art and antiquities shipped from the United Kingdom to the United States over the last five years do not match the reported U.S. import values for…

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$2 Billion Missing in U.S.-U.K. Art and Antiquities Trade. Trade Based Money Laundering or Some Other Explanation?

ByRick St. Hilaire

It stands to reason that the declared export price of goods should match the declared import price of the same goods. So questions certainly arise when customs values reported by an…