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Gianfranco Becchina
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Gianfranco Becchina
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March 8, 2026
The man at the centre of one of Italy's biggest antiquities trafficking scandals, Gianfranco Becchina, has had his fortune restored. Should it have been?
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Today in Italu, it was announced that the Preventive Measures Section of the Palermo Court of Appeal has overturned a sweeping asset confisc...
October 20, 2025
The Aboutaam Brothers, Phoenix Ancient Art, and the Hidden Routes of Italy’s Lost Antiquities
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Phoenix Ancient Art - BRAFA 2019 With a precautionary seizure order, filed by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, led by Prosecutor St...
October 8, 2025
Caveat Emptor: What the Dancing Maenad Can Tell Us About the Market for Looted Art
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Christie's 2019 Auction In November 2019, ARCA published a blog post raising questions about a 5th-century BCE polychrome antefix depict...
October 14, 2023
Exploring Michael Ward and some peppered-about, possibly-problematic, pieces which might have provenance problems
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While there are numerous artefacts which passed through Michael L. Ward's variously named galleries which may be worth further explorati...
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