November 9, 2020

Biggest Theft in Hong Kong History from Stamp Collector

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Homes in Hong Kong, sitting empty this year as a result of the pandemic, have become a target for opportunistic thieves. According to statis...
November 2, 2020

The Holocaust Art Restitution Project files an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in the Guelph Treasure case opposing the DOJ's position that Holocaust takings do not qualify as expropriation under federal law

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Press Contacts:   In Washington, DC: Marc Masurovsky, (00) 1 202 255 1602 , plunderedart@gmail.com In New York, NY: Pierre Ciric (00) 1 212 ...
October 22, 2020

The sentencing of Congolese Activists Reignites the Sensitive Conversation of Colonial-Era Art Restitution

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On June 13th Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza and a group of activists from the group Unité, dignité et courage (UDC) entered the M usée du quai Bra...
October 19, 2020

5 looters have been arrested in Pella, Greece for conducting a clandestine excavation

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Image Credit:  Greek Ministry of Culture Five looters, aged 43 to 50, were arrested by law enforcement officers of the Department of Heritag...
October 18, 2020

Regulatory Comparison: How is the 19th century merchant shipping scene similar to today's ancient art market.

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East Indiamen Madagascar by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton (fl 1840) National Maritime Museum Greenwich, London A lesson from our regulatory past....
October 6, 2020

Rare Books in an Even Rarer Recovery

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On 29 January 2017 an organized crime group from Romania targeted and robbed over 200 rare books from a warehouse in Feltham, West London.  ...
September 28, 2020

Two Arrested for Robbery and Vandalism at Church of Sant’Agata al Collegio in Sicily

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Image Credit: Associazione Gesù Nazareno - Caltanissetta Article By: Lynette Turnblom For the second time in under two months the Chiesa di ...
September 23, 2020

Some background on Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan and Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd., charged in the SD/New York

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"Beloved By Time, Four Millennia of Ancient Art" Published by Fortuna Fine Arts (2000) Given the United States Department of Justi...
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