August 24, 2017

Theft: The Universitetet i Bergen posts photos of stolen objects to Flickr

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The  Universitetet i Bergen has begun uploading images to Flickr of the approximately 400 objects stolen from the University Museum of Berg...
August 23, 2017

Hedge Hogs and the Art of Wealth: The Curious Background of Michael Steinhardt

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Michael Steinhardt has a long standing record of making astute financial decisions, many of which have led to stellar investment perform...
August 14, 2017

Artefacts seized at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad

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Destined for Japan, customs authorities at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad have intercepted six antiquities believed t...
August 3, 2017

Opensource Reprint: Nekyia “A South Italian Bell-Krater by Python in the Metropolitan Museum of Art”

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Given the recent interest in the July 31, 2017 article in the New York Times regarding the Python bell-krater depicting Dionysos with Thyro...
August 1, 2017

Three years in the making: The case of “A South Italian Bell-Krater by Python in the Metropolitan Museum of Art” results in seizure.

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On June 1, 2014 this blog published a distilled version of an academic investigation which heavily documented details from an article in t...
July 26, 2017

The world of art policing has lost one of its finest.

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"Everyone should realize that a cultural heritage identifies a people; it is the founding stone that shouldn't be scattered....
July 21, 2017

Restoring All Things: God's Audacious Hiring Plan at the Museum of the Bible

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Long before the news broke about a US Civil Complaint requiring forfeiture of thousands of cuneiform tablets and clay bullae , or Egypt...
July 18, 2017

Long-time antiquities dealer Hicham Aboutaam has sued the Wall Street Journal

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Long-time antiquities dealer Hicham Aboutaam has sued the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal’s corporate parent Dow Jones and Comp...
July 14, 2017

Recipe for a museum theft: 5 seized vehicles, 4 shotguns, a six-figure sum of money, and a pinch of organized crime.

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When a giant gold coin, weighing 100 kilos was stolen from the Bode Museum in the early morning hours of March 27, 2017 it was pretty ob...