September 11, 2018

Recovery: Gold Objects stolen from the Nizam Museum

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Image Credit: Hyderabad Police Holding a press conference in Hyderabad, authorities announced that the  gold tiffin box, saucer, cup ...

Restitution: An Attic Marble Anthemion from a Grave Stele returned to Greece

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On June 9, 2017 forensic archaeologist Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis, wrote to ARCA and to the Art and Antiques Unit of London's Metropo...
September 8, 2018

Repatriation: The Sicán funeral mask finally goes home to Peru

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Image Credit: Patricia Balbuena Ministry of Culture Peru In a legal battle that has taken 19 years of litigation, Germany's Pleni...
September 6, 2018

Museum Theft Update: Doge’s Palace - Venice, Italy

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Exhibition Hall, Sala dello Scrutinio, Doge's Palace, Venice Image Credit: Palazzo Ducale Eight months into the investigation, Ita...
September 5, 2018

Museum Theft: Nizam Museum (HEH Nizam's Museum) Hyderabad, India

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According to local authorities, thieves broke into the Nizam Museum housed on the first floor of the Purani Haveli palace located in Hyd...
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...