Showing posts with label Auction Alert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auction Alert. Show all posts
July 1, 2020

Auction House Seizure: A Roman marble portrait head of the Emperor Septimius Severus, circa 200 CE seized at Christie's

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Image Left:  Christie's Catalogue where the stolen sculpture was identified. Image Right:  Showroom image of the stolen head of Emper...
June 6, 2020

Auction Alert (and Withdrawal): Tunisian treasures up for auction are withdrawn from Coutau-Bégarie auction house in Paris

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On June 1st, the Institut National du Patrimoine  (INP) in Tunisia posted their concerns on their Facebook page about an upcoming aucti...
May 2, 2018

Auction Alert - Sotheby’s New York - a bronze Greek figure of a horse

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On May 01, 2018 ARCA was contacted by Christos Tsirogiannis about a possible ancient object of concern in an upcoming Sotheby's auction...
April 11, 2018

Auction Alert - Christie's Auction House - an Etruscan 'Pontic' black-figured neck-amphora and a Roman bronze boar

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ARCA has been informed by Christos Tsirogiannis that he had identified two potentially tainted antiquities, scheduled to be auctioned by Ch...
April 29, 2017

Auction Alert: Christie's New York and the Guennol Stargazer

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Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism,  Nabi Avcı  Jussi Pylkkänen, global president of the auction house Christie's has indicate...
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March 16, 2017

Repatriation: Attic Red-Figure Nolan Amphora by the Harrow Painter

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Image Credit: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Left - Min. Plen. Francesco Genuardi, Consul General of Italy in New York Right -  Ma...
February 25, 2017

Auction Alert and Antiquities Seizure: Second seizure at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York

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On February 17, 2017 forensic archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis alerted  Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos in Manhattan  t...
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February 21, 2017

Auction Alert: Timeline Auctions. February 21, 2017, London, UK

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On February 20, 2017 ARCA contacted Christos Tsirogiannis about a possible ancient object of concern in an upcoming Timeline auction schedu...
February 10, 2017

Repatriation: Stolen Greek sarcophagus fragment heading home

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Image Credits: ARCA Sarcophagus fragment depicting battle between Greeks and Trojans Just one month after an illicit  sarcophagus frag...
January 14, 2017

Auction Alert and Antiquities Seizure: Royal-Athena Galleries, New York

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On January 8, 2017 forensic archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis alerted Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos in Manhattan and ARCA...