Showing posts with label Christie's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christie's. Show all posts
May 16, 2024

Rising Threats in the Art Market's Cybersecurity Landscape

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While Christie's website continues to state  “We apologise that our full website is currently offline” redirecting visitors to a tempora...
January 31, 2021

Sometimes restitution is a little like putting lipstick on a pig

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Left: Steve Green and the Controversial Coptic Galatians fragment first offered on eBay in 2012 by Yakup Ekşioğlu. Right: Douglas Latchford ...
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July 30, 2020

Restitution: Lot 448, Christie's

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Early last November we wrote a blog post asking Christie's about an interesting polychrome painted 5th century BCE antefix in the f...
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...
May 19, 2020

Prosecutors file a civil forfeiture complaint for the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet which they say was looted from Iraq.

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The Gilgamesh dream tablet, Iraq, c. 1600 BCE while on display at Museum of the Bible “Strange things have been spoken, why does your h...
April 11, 2020

Christie's admits to failing to register to collect New York and local sales tax despite legal obligation to do so

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The tax collectors, unsigned Oil on panel : 78,2 X 100 cm, 16th century In a  Deferred Prosecution Agreement , the auction powerhous...
July 5, 2019

The value of a boy king in the form of the ancient Egyptian god Amen: All Sales Final

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Engraving of Christie's auction Rome, "The Microcosm of London" (1808) As the start of Christie's Exceptional Auction...
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July 3, 2019

Questions for Christie's with regards to its upcoming sale of the Quartzite head of the young pharaoh portrayed as the ancient god Amun

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Unpacking some miscellaneous thoughts on the upcoming Christie's sale. @ChristiesInc does the name Heinz Herzer sound any alarms?  ...