Documentary – “Fighting Illicit Traffic of Cultural Heritage in South Eastern Europe”
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On December 3, 2012 this blog discussed The Cultural Property Importer’s Responsibility. Today’s post continues that discussion by describing the information required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when assessing…
Monuments Men author Robert Edsel speaking at Colgate University. From the looters shovel to the auction gavel, large scale cultural property theft and destruction occur during times of instability. That is how…
What due diligence can museums undertake to protect their collections of artifacts from risks of legal seizure?Museums routinely and successfully protect their archaeological collections from threats of loss posed by…
The Roman Libyan site of Leptis Magna. The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) meets today to consider a request to erect American import protections on endangered cultural property from Libya….
Photo credit: David Lat The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) suffered another defeat as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the trade organization’s appeal. The case of ACCG v. U.S….
Judge Catherine C. Blake of the United States District Court of Maryland yesterday dismissed the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild’s lawsuit against the federal government. The federal district court decision essentially…