August 15, 2018

Repatriation: The Case of the Stolen TEFAF Buddha

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Screen Shot of ID Matching Buddha stolen 57 years ago. Image Credit:  ARCA with permission from ASI Archives in India In a tale that b...
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August 8, 2018

Sicilian judges reject appeal made by William Veres

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Screenshot of William Veres from the documentary “The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold Judges from the Tribunale del Riesame di Caltanisset...
August 7, 2018

Repatriation: The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return Sculptures to India

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Concluding a formal agreement between India and the Metropolitan Museum of Art has handed over to a 9th century Durgamahishasurmardini t...
August 3, 2018

Decision from the Greek Court on the Schinoussa and Psychiko seizure case

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Antiquities and copies of antiquities from the 2006 Greek Seizures In a court ruling coming in at the end of July, first reported by th...
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August 1, 2018

Sad Conclusion: The case is von Saher v Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena et al, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 16-58308.

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The protracted multi-million dollar lawsuit regarding the 480-year-old paintings of Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder at the Nort...
July 29, 2018

41 suspects now named in the antiquities blitz "Operation Demetra" carried out in Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK

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As the transnational crime investigation Operation Demetra proceeds into the alleged trafficking of archaeological finds, Italian news ...
July 25, 2018

New York Supreme Court judge orders plundered bas-relief from the city of Persepolis must be returned to Iran

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A New York Supreme Court judge has ordered the plundered bas-relief from the city of Persepolis, which dates from the 5th Century B.C.E.,...
July 24, 2018

Request for Return: A marble head of Alexander the Great as Helios, the Sun God

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Image Credit: Safani Gallery TEFAF Maastricht advertisement On Monday, 23 July 2018 Matthew Bogdanos, Senior Trial Counsel in the Off...
July 23, 2018

The Riddle of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist is being made into a Podcast

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81 Minutes. 13 Works of Art. $10 million reward.  These three figures have plagued the art world since the night of March 18, 1990 ...
July 22, 2018

Organised crime, museum theft and bank robbery

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On Wednesday the Berlin public prosecutor's office and the state criminal police provisionally seized 77 properties, including apar...