A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
Increasingly commoditized and always discreet, today’s art market perilously tempts the black market. Reforms are needed to shine a light on the trade. For now, the marketplace must remain vigilant against money launderers, terrorist…
An Egyptian statute failed to sell at Sotheby’s Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities auction held today in New York. Valued at over $400,000, bidding for “Lot 6” collapsed at…
Carved rhinoceros horns sold at auction are now the subject of a federal forfeiture complaint. The U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey recently filed papers in federal district court claiming that the carved horn…
Bonhams in London just removed a collection of Roman sculptures from its auction when Christos Tsirogiannis and Dr. David Gill questioned the provenance surrounding lot 137, a marble sculpture of…