Ka Nefer Nefer Case Resumes After Lengthy Hiatus
St. Louis Art Museum Lawyers for the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) filed a sur-reply last week in the case of U.S. v. Mask of Ka Nefer Nefer after activity…
Brogan Museum | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Italy | repatriation | seizure | WWII stolen art
Court Forfeits Cristo Portacroce After Italy Does Not File A Claim
The forfeited Cristo Portacroce.Courtesy ICE The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida has ordered the forfeiture of the painting, the Cristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Manigoldo….
art loans | Brogan Museum | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Nazi stolen art | seizure | WWII stolen art
ICE Seizes Stolen Art From Florida’s Brogan Museum – Said To Be Taken During WWII
ICE seizes Romano painting said to be stolen by the Nazis. Photo courtesy of ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Tallahassee, Florida yesterday served a seizure warrant on “Christ Carrying the…
Commentary on SLAM Mummy Mask Case – Proceeds Contraband and Statute of Limitations
The current civil litigation surrounding whether the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mummy mask is contraband is worth following given the current legal arguments in play. The mask, located at the St. Louis Art…
SLAM Disputes Government’s “Contraband” Claim in Ka-Nefer-Nefer Mummy Mask Case
In the latest round of legal papers filed in the case of United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) says that its possession of the…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Mexico | museums | Pre-Columbian | seizure | seizure laws
Seizure of Mexican Figurine Prompts Question of CBP’s Legal Authority
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a new(s) release on July 28, 2011 that it seized a Pre-Columbian artifact en route from Indiana to British Columbia. A…