November 10, 2017

Auction Alert: Sotheby’s London and Henryk Siemiradzki's “The Sword Dance”

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Image Credit: ARCA - Screen Capture 10 November 2017 Yesterday provenance scholar Yagna Yass-Alston , a specialist in the history of Je...
October 27, 2017

Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports issue statement regarding claim on two Frieze Masters funerary vases

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Image Credit:  Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport On October 26, 2017 the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports issued a press r...
October 23, 2017

Further information on the flagged lekythoi identified at London's Frieze Masters art fair

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Image Left:  Christos Tsirogiannis, Frieze Masters 2017 Image Right: Gianfranco Becchina Archive On October 22, 2017,  the Guardian ...
October 22, 2017

Recovered - 200 undocumented ancient objects in Grosseto, Italy

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Image Credit:  Guardia di Finanza Four antiquities collectors in Grosseto stand accused of illicit detention and possession of propert...
October 17, 2017

Rome: A lab which will help the force to detect and unmask fakes and forgeries.

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Given the growing phenomenon in counterfeit cultural heritage, Italy's Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale and Rome...
October 16, 2017

UPDATE: The two Philaeni bronzes in Libya are reported as safe.

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Earlier today, alerted by news reports from Libyan environmental activist Saleh Drayagh, ARCA posted a blog report that two reclining b...
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October 13, 2017

Seizure - archaic marble torso of a calf bearer from the collection of Michael Steinhardt

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In further identifications connected to the recent seizure and pending repatriation of a Lebanese marble bull's head, Assistant Distric...

Lynda and William Beierwaltes against Directorate General of Antiquities of the Lebanese Republic and the District Attorney of New York County - Notice of Voluntary Dismissal

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Pursuant to F.R.C.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,  the case involving plaintiffs William and Lynda Beierwa...

The United States Withdraws From UNESCO - Statements from the US State Department and UNESCO DG

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Issued by the United States Department of State on 10/12/2017 09:10 AM EDT. Press Statement Heather Nauert  Department Spokesperson Was...
October 12, 2017

Recovered: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian....Stolen

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Thirteen Roman-era marble columns, two pedestals, a funerary stele, architectural capitals, amphorae and vases have reportedly been reco...