November 7, 2019

Exhibition commemorating the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht: Treasured Belongings: The Hahn Family & the Search for a Stolen Legacy

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In commemoration of the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht, the state-sponsored pogrom known as the “Night of Broken Glass” which took pl...
November 4, 2019

The cathedral of Oloron-Sainte-Marie was attacked in a smash and grab

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In the early morning of November 4th, robbers committed a smash and grab robbery at the Cathedral Sainte-Marie d'Oloron located in ...
November 3, 2019

Dear Christie's: What's the story on your provenance on this antefix?

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An interesting antefix has been published with Christie's as part of their December 4, 2019 sales event which deserves a closer exam...
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October 26, 2019

Conference Save the Date: Building a Responsible Art Market

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Event:  Building a Responsible Art Market Location:  Geneva, Switzerland Date: Saturday 30 January 2020 The Responsible Art Market (R...
October 25, 2019

Arrested and released for health reasons, German Dealer Michael Schultz is accused of having deceived clients with false documentation.

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For more than 30 years, Michael Schultz operated one of Berlin's most prestigious galleries, focusing on contemporary European and A...
October 24, 2019

The Gospel Truth? How the laundering of papyri washes away its provenance sins

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Archived Facebook Screenshot The Castle Folio Page Image Credit: ARCA Earlier on this blog we reported on an entry published on the O...
October 22, 2019

Updates from the Egyptian Exploration Society and the papri purchased by Andy Stimer

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The Egyptian Exploration Society issued an update Monday, 21 October 2019 indicating that collector  Andy Stimer, Chairman & Chief Exec...

Maltese Priest sentenced for the theft of sacred church art

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Fr. Deo Debono, the suspended priest from the Provincial Parish church of the Augustinians in Malta , has pled guilty during his arraig...
October 19, 2019

A statement from Dirk Obbink and an interesting link to Mahmoud Elder, Scott Carroll and a collector named Andrew Stimer

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Screenshot: 19 October 2019 https://www.museumofthebible.org/collections/artifacts/7505-letter-from-plutarchos-to-theoninos-poxy-1775#/ ...
October 18, 2019

On the 50th anniversary, a tale of two Caravaggio (thefts)

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50 years ago today, in the evening hours between the 17th and the 18th of October 1969, Caravaggio's magnificent masterpiece, "...