Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
December 17, 2023

Lost Time, Found Art: The Decade-Long Pursuit of Restitution for Antiquities Smuggled by Douglas Latchford at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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In 2013 the Metropolitan Museum of Art restituted two,10th-century, Koh Ker stone statues, known as the “Kneeling Attendants” to Cambodia.  ...
August 11, 2020

Dying to get away with it: How one defendant's death may thwart justice for the people of Cambodia, Thailand, and India

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Douglas Latchford's Facebook page photo on 9 November 2017, two years before he was indicted in the USA Wire fraud, smuggling, ...
July 7, 2020

Ashraf Omar Eldarir, A US Citizen, indicted for smuggling Egyptian antiquities

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (HSI) - Cultural Property, Arts and Antiquities (CPAA) unit within the U.S. Department o...
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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...
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...
March 13, 2020

Supreme Court Decision on the Legal Status of Famous Picasso Painting

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On March 2, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case disputing who should own the Pablo Picasso masterwork, “The Actor,” cr...
February 2, 2020

Supreme Court Asked to Consider Legal Status of Famous Picasso Painting

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A petition for writ of certiorari has been filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling dismissing a case against New York’s Me...
November 27, 2019

"Hold on to your hat": Antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, a/k/a “Pakpong Kriangsak”

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Looted Cambodian art for sale by Douglas Latchford Image Credit:  US DOJ In a case being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica...
November 15, 2019

Revisiting the case of the marble head of Alexander the Great as Helios, the Sun God

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Sotheby's Website Screen Capture taken 24 July 2018 This week journalist John Russell, of Courthouse News Service , reported tha...