Showing posts with label art auctions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art auctions. Show all posts
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Auction Alert (and Withdrawal): Tunisian treasures up for auction are withdrawn from Coutau-Bégarie auction house in Paris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...
March 1, 2019

Found in an attic, oh my.

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I found it in an attic...never a basement, never on the wall, never in granny's bedroom.  The number of forgotten masterpieces purporte...
October 30, 2018

Recoverable or Not? The sale of the Assyrian gypsum relief of a winged Genius, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, circa 883-859 BCE

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In March 2015, the Iraqi government formally announced that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL had purposefully destroyed mu...
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October 26, 2016

To keep or not to keep, that is the question

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Despite the formal objections of two governments, Cyprus and Egypt, and an open letter of complaint from classical archaeologist and MacArt...
February 20, 2015

Where Did Kitty and Mummy Go? - British Collecting Past and Present

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Photo Credit: David Lay Auctioneers Everyone likes a one man's trash is another man's treasure story.  But what can these stori...
November 23, 2014

Essay: Do you think art collectors might be tempted to buy Syrian antiquities (looted or otherwise?). We say resoundingly, yes.

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By Lynda Albertson On November 22, 2014 the Syrian Arabic Republic - Ministry of Culture's Directorate General of Antiquities and ...
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February 5, 2013

Leila Amineddoleh Quoted in NYTimes Article "Lawyers Fight to Keep Auction Sellers Anonymous"

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In the Feb. 3 New York Times article (" Lawyers Fight to Keep Auction Sellers Anonymous ") by investigative journalist Tom Mash...
January 17, 2012

Why do thieves steal paintings by Picasso?

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Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves  and Bust"/Estate of Pablo Picasso by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-chief ...