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Sep 30, 2013

This blog has moved

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Jun 24, 2013

Many thanks for a terrific ARCA conference last weekend!

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Toby Bull demonstrating a fake antiquity in the first panel on Saturday Here was the conference schedule and programme: ARCA 2013 ...
Jun 14, 2013

Yes, antiquities with good history are worth more

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More anecdotal evidence this week that the prices paid for antiquities continues to reflect not only the intrinsic value of the object, but ...
Jun 12, 2013

Will the Statute of Frauds Crack the Art Market’s Shield of Anonymity in New York?

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The Jenack Auction house, outside Chester, NY In his seminal 1982 article, Harvard Law Professor Paul Bator noted that the art trade is ...
Jun 11, 2013

Federal agents have seized $100m from Subhash Kapoor

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Jason Felch reports that Federal agents have seized a whopping $100 million in art in the past couple years from Subhash Kapoor. Kapoor, an ...
May 28, 2013

ARCA's Fifth Annual Conference, June 21-23, Amelia

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Toby bull, Senior Inspector, Hong Kong Police Force, "Property of a Hong Kong Gentleman, Art Crime in Hong Kong - Buyer Beware...
May 24, 2013

That Picasso Vandal was Sentenced to two years in prison

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In the informal straw poll I've taken with Houston artists, art student and all-around jerk Uriel Landeros is universally reviled. ...
May 20, 2013

Jason Felch Updates the Southland Antiquities Investigation

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In Sunday's LA Times, Jason Felch reports on a languishing federal antiquities investigation. In 2008 there was a loud showy raid on fiv...
May 17, 2013

Cambodia Presses Other Museums

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Tom Mashberg reports that Cambodia now has requested objects from others, including: Denver Art Museum Cleveland Museum of Art The Norto...
May 3, 2013

The Met Announces the Return of two statues to Cambodia

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Today, Ralph Blumenthal reports that the Met has agreed to return two 10th century statues to Cambodia. The Met's director Thomas Camp...