Footnotes 5.10.2010

• Fritz Lang's famous film Metropolis has been recovered, due in large part to Argentine film archivist Fernando Pena.
• A misappropriation of a da Vinci by Christie's could have cost one woman millions.
• Zahi Hawass of Egypt calls for a unified approach on stolen antiquities.
• Is American architecture coming to an end?
• Indonesia is auctioning off over 250,000 antiquities from a recently discovered 10th century shipwreck near Java.
• Pieces of silver were recently stolen from the National Trust's Kedleston Hall.
• Turkish forgeries were found hanging on the walls of the State Painting and Sculpture Museum in Ankara.
• Organized crime networks in Iraq show no intention of halting the valuable business of looting ancient artifacts.
• An English man is on trial for stealing valuable horticultural books from a famous library in London.
• This is old news, but the Getty Trust elected Ronald Spogli, former U.S. ambassador to Italy, to its board, possibly in an attempt to strength its ties with Italy.
• Click here to read in depth on the recently held ABA Section of International Law Panel on the 1970 UNESCO Convention.