Museum Security Network mailing list messages December 1, 2006 – December 25, 2007
Museum Security Network mailing list messages
December 1, 2006 – December 25, 2007
December 2006 Archives by date
Starting: Fri Dec 1 00:10:28 CET 2006
Ending: Sun Dec 31 11:26:02 CET 2006
Messages: 197
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Klimt article - interesting Canadian Jewish News Nov 30 2006
Spain. L'Alcora builder arrested for trafficking in stolen art.
A gang of thieves disguised as builders were foiled as they tried to steal part of a
derelict building featuring the work of controversial graffiti artist Banksy.
4) WWII art: looted, but from whom? The Netherlands still searching for pre-World
War II owners of artworks.
5) A 27-year-old man who died this month is believed to be one of three masked
gunmen who snatched the Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna from an
Oslo museum in August 2004. Dead man's tale casts new light on Munch heist.
6) Norway. The man reputed to have provided police with information linking the
organizer of the NOKAS (Norwegian Cash Service) robbery and the theft of two
Edvard Munch masterpieces has been found dead at a hospice.
7) Peru. Roban lienzos y piezas de plata en iglesia cuzqueña.
8) Roban lienzos coloniales de iglesia en Perú
9) Germany, Weimar: Anna Amalia Bibliothek, ein Zwischenstand. Brandspuren
werden nicht beseitigt, Wiedereröffnung im nächsten Oktober.
10) Obituary: Robert Volpe, 63, NYPD Detective Founded Art Crime Unit. "If you aren't
dealing in questionable art and antiquities, then you aren't dealing. It's just the way it
is."
11) Guilty plea in theft of Theodore Roosevelt gun from Sagamore Hill National
Historical Site.
12) Robert Volpe in Washington Post
13) FW: contentieux entre l'Etat Italien et le Getty Museum
14) IRAN. Illegal Diggers Smash Artifacts . Heavy rainfall forced archeologists abandon
Lorestan's ancient cemetery of Babajilan while illegal diggers continue to destroy the
region's invaluable bronze relics.
15) British galleries importing art for display may be required to list the pieces at least
six months in advance, allowing claims to be filed for looted art.
16) The husband-and-wife owners of a San Francisco art gallery are facing felony
charges of grand theft and fraud after they refused to return oil paintings valued at
$300, 000, according to police.
17) Canada. Des tableaux dérobés à Sillery
18) S.A.: Art thief suspect behind bars
19) Chinese scientist asks U.S. auctioneers not to put dinosaur nest under hammer.
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Mineraliendiebstahl : Coburger Polizei gründet Ermittlungsgruppe " Samsonit ".
The Getty and Italy to resolve museum impasse (By Michael Brand)
UTAH. Artifact thief sent to prison.
INDIA. Latest fire safety system for Salar Jung Museum soon
Italian films threatened by age await restoration.
A peace offering from Italy begins new era at the MFA.
Empire Management and The Getty (comments )
After six decades of wrangling, Egyptians living in the hills near Luxor have agreed
to move out and give tourists and archaeologists access to nearly 1, 000 Pharaonic
tombs that lie beneath their homes.
28) PERU. Roban siete lienzos y obras de plata en iglesia peruana
29) ARGENTINA. Advierten sobre el avance del tráfico cultural en la frontera
30) Stealing beauty. There were smiles all around when Melbourne's Weeping Woman
was found. But most art theft ends in tears. (Review: Museum of the Missing)
31) THE COMMEMORATES IT'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
32) Sul 'Los Angeles Times' Il J'Accuse! del Direttore del Getty Museum]
33) [Fwd: Rutelli, le promesse americane]
34) 300 oeuvres d'art volées chaque année (Het Nieuwsblad op Zondag)
35) Wormser Zeitung Feurige Debatte um Kunst-Installation - Wehrleute bewachen
"HHole" in der Kunsthalle / Durch Loch kann sich Rauch ausbreiten
36) Mexico: Mundo Hispano Dan a conocer telfonos para denunciar robo de bienes
culturales.
37) The Case of Pollock’s Fractals Focuses on Physics
38) Belgium. Politie-expert getuigt: Belgie draaischijf van gestolen kunstwerken
39) Ten years anniversary
40) From Ruins of Afghan Buddhas, a History Grows
41) Un codice a barre per le opere d'arte: un ‘marchio’ inconfondibile nel caso di furti e
falsi
42) Did lawyer know antiques were stolen? Counsel must have known client swiped
high-end items, Crown tells trial, but defence says
43) Man might face trial in Filson Society letter thefts
44) New Zealand - $10,000 sculpture stolen from art gallery
45) Diebe stehlen zehn Porträts früherer Bürgermeister aus Rathaus Schöneberg. Gleich
zehn ehemalige Amtsträger sind verschwun
46) Spain. Art forgery gang detained
47) Thieves threaten the Elimination of the Sumerian civilization in Dhi-Qar
48) Sequestrati millecentosessantasette reperti archeologici di origine siciliana venduti in
un'asta online
49) Robert Volpe-Art Theft Expert; NY Times
50) Russia's Hermitage puts stolen artworks on display
51) Police seek help from archaeologists to track Jain statue mystery
52) Hall Of Famer's Signed Baseball Returned To Family
53) Tribe wants to end antiques roadshow
54) Betty Tompkins:SoHo Artist Censored in France and Japan
55) Suspected thief caught in Hermitage museum.
56) Mammoth bones found, reburied.
57) U.K. Pensioner steals Lowry sculpture
58) Germany. Vermisstes Nolde-Porträt nach fast 30 Jahren aufgetaucht
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Artifacts, pottery stolen from I-10 rest area
Flight of fancy: forged airmail stamp captures imaginations
Calif. couple left trail of lies, disappointments in art world
Tunesia. Plus de 53 pièces de monnaie et une statuette datant de l'époque romaine ont
été récupérées par les services de police à Tébessa, alors qu'elles étaient sur le point
d'être acheminées vers la Tunisie, a-t-on appris de source policière.
63) Curator keeps watchful eye on painting's trip to Rome.
64) Police: Dealers made off with valued art. Case sheds light on business world of art.
65) The opening of the Kansas Underground Salt Museum again will be delayed while
emergency equipment is installed at the 650-foot-deep museum.
66) Italian American Police Society Condemns Getty
67) Getty Is Expected to Return Gold Wreath to Greece
68) Book Theft Caught On Tape. Toronto Pair Accused Of Stealing Antiques.
69) The J. Paul Getty Museum plans to announce today the return of two prized ancient
masterpieces to Greece, which has maintained for a decade that they were illegally
removed from the country.
70) Betty Tompkins: SoHo Artist Is Censored in France and Japan]
71) LATEST: ethnographic objects stolen in National Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe, June
2006 all recovered in Poland
72) Giovanni Pinna's request to ICOM]
73) LATEST: ethnographic objects stolen in National Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe, June
2006 all recovered in Poland
74) U.K. Heavy sculpture stolen from house
75) Savona: furti d'opere d'arte, arresti anche a Savona.
76) Missing manuscripts worth nearly $1 million found.
77) Sculpture reported stolen from late actor Anthony Quinn's house.
78) LOS LADRONES SALTARON DESDE EL BALCON DE UN EDIFICIO
VECINO. Recoleta: dos "hombres araña" robaron obras de arte en un departamento de
un piso 11.
79) Russia. female museum custodian fought bravely over a priceless silver ladle with a
former security guard who made a reckless attempt to steal it from the State Hermitage
Museum
80) Greeks Hail Getty Museum ¹ s Pledge to Return Treasures
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88) In an effort to stop the theft and resale of textbooks, Penn State University Police
have asked downtown bookstores to begin checking the identification of people who
sell back textbooks.
89) The Take On Art Theft.
90) An ancient statue and a marble head that were stolen in Rome in the 1980s were
returned to Italy after authorities traced them to New York and Barcelona, Spain
91) Roma, tornano a casa due opere d'arte rubate.
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92) Recuperate opere d'arte rubate. Operazione tra Calabria e Sicilia dei Carabinieri.
Ritrovate statute trafugate in alcune chiese.
93) Sculpture stolen from Quinn estate recovered.
94) Antique smugglers struck gold on Sunday night when they stole away a rare
manuscript written in golden letters by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
95) What happened to 22, 000 pieces of gold - jewel-encrusted crowns, daggers and
baubles from an ancient burial mound - that had apparently vanished from
Afghanistan in the 1980s?
96) Artist hopes statue will be returned. The sculpture of a little girl, "Jumping for Joy, "
created by Jim McGinniss, disappeared from the Union Square shopping center.
97) The Greeks may have failed to reclaim the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum,
but they scored a significant victory yesterday when the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los
Angeles took the dramatic step of returning two important antiquities.
98) Meininger Herzoghaus schenkt Anna Amalia Bibliothek Bücher
99) Hundreds of liters of hot water flooded the showroom of Iceland's Museum of
Natural History, which houses the last Great Auk in Iceland, when a pipe burst
yesterday.
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Last Hurrah for Street Art, as Canvas Goes Condo
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L'Arte Rubata, il Ritorno. Arma dei Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza e Polizia
di Stato a difesa del nostro patrimonio artistico.
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Iraqi authorities have challenged the legality of an auction of what they claim
are two "stolen" ancient Sumerian artefacts, but German customs officials said the
Munich sale had already taken place and could not be stopped.
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Texas art prof sentenced in Gould theft case. In May, police arrested Moore
after items from Library and Archives Canada's Glenn Gould collection appeared for
sale in an online auction.
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Lenin Goes Missing in Latvia, Police Perplexed Over Theft
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An antiques expert who regularly appears on BBC's Bargain Hunt appeared in
court on Wednesday charged with stealing two paintings worth thousands of pounds
from a pensioner.
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Small fire at Museum of Science and Industry
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The Stone of Destiny is to remain behind the portcullis and bank vault
security of Edinburgh Castle, despite pressure from Perthshire to have it returned to its
ancient resting place at Scone.
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Gestohlenes Spitzweg-Gemälde wieder aufgetaucht.
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An illegal shipment of six ancient religious statues seized by customs officers
at the Heathrow airport last year handed over to Indian High Commissioner Kamalesh
Sharma.
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Museum trustees under fire. Angry members demand answers to director
Williams' departure.
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Police Recover Valuable Painting In German Art Theft
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Museum Fires Not Related To Each Other - Or So They Say.
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Powder forces library evacuation.
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Greek bishop asks Pope to return piece of Parthenon.
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Italian police said Thursday they have uncovered an international art
trafficking ring based in Rome and have recovered about 100 artifacts.
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Ein Geschenk zu Weihnachten. Gestohlenes Spitzweg-Gemälde aufgetaucht /
41-Jähriger aus Mannheim festgenommen.
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U.K. Churches targeted.
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Operazione "Malta": recuperate a Roma varie opere d'arte pubblicato da
Graziarosa Villani.
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The daughters of a late revolutionary artist have stopped cooperating with
Davis gallery owner John Natsoulas for a show, saying they question the authenticity
of a painting sources say Natsoulas has attributed to their father.
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Police clueless about Aurangzeb's stolen 'Gulistan'.
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Canada. Connecting the dots in art-theft 'project'. The case unravels against a
colourful cast of characters accused of high-end heists/
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Thieves have targeted Paris' famous Pere Lachaise Cemetery, the last resting
place of Moliere, Marcel Proust, Edith Piaf and Jim Morrison.
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Dalya Alberge's judgment that the Greeks have failed to reclaim the Elgin
Marbles, from the British Museum must be viewed as strictly interlocutory.
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Our history stolen by fire.
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Grave robbery keeps Chinese archaeologists bustling around.
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To Sketch a Thief.
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Erste Aufträge zur Restaurierung beschädigter Bücher.
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From Pomegranate to Dearborn: The loss of Iraqi art.
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The True Art of Living (English Translation)
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L'Arte DI Vivere
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Illicit artefacts sold as eBay turns blind eye
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Returning an heirloom. Family finds comfort in painting's recovery.
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Is phobia behind the clown vandalism?
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The Ministry of Culture announces the opening of the Iraqi museum early
next year.
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New Zealand. The theft of a bronze sculpture from a Havelock North gallery
last Wednesday was a copycat of similar thefts from Auckland galleries.
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Canada. Monumental theft. Workers at a North York metal fabricating
company are devastated after the bizarre weekend theft of their mascot "Atlas, " a 4metre-high statue.
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Antiquities and the internet
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G.I. Joes to the Rescue of Rembrandts and Raphaels.
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A thief has stolen a jersey worn by NFL great Reggie White from a display
case at the Chattanooga African American Museum.
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NAPOLI, RUBATE 300 STATUE DI UN PRESEPE DEL '700.
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Historic artefacts may be up for sale illegally on eBay despite moves to clamp
down on the trade in "treasure", the British Museum has said.
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Spain. Tras ocho años cerrado, se reabrió ayer el museo de arte sacro de la
Colegiata de Osuna.
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THEFT OF SHEPHERDS IN ANCIENT CHRISTMAS CRIB IN NAPLES
(value estimated approximately 1 million euros)
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Descendants of Nazi doctor lose fight over compensation for looted art.
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British Museum decries eBay artifact sales.
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South Africa. Thief burns stolen Pierneef.
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Le guet du Château devant le tribunal.
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Roban imagen de la Virgen de Santa Bárbara en la localidad de Ayo Ayo.
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Communist leader presented with picture stolen from Hermitage.
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Italy ready to cut ties in row with Getty museum.
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Painting Stolen From Russia's Hermitage Museum Returned.
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Toronto man is facing charges after the brazen robbery of a massive copper
statue of a famous Titan, but he won't be sentenced to carry the weight of the world on
his shoulders.
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A $50, 000 violin that was stolen from the Billings airport in April has been
recovered.
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Eight thousand antique coins stolen from the Iraqi museum.
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Gestohlene Antiquitäten, sakrale Objekte und Waffen hat die Brunecker
Finanzwache in einem Magazin in Alta Badia entdeckt. Auf die Spur der Kunstobjekte
waren die Beamten bei einer Steuerkontrolle in einer Firma gekommen.
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Thieves have run off with four elephant tusks from the museum of the
Bandung Zoo.
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Italians say negotiations with Getty nearing breakdown.
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Rescuing Da Vinci Spurs Congressional Resolution Honoring the Monuments
Men.
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The development of a gas plant near ancient Aboriginal rock art on Western
Australia's Burrup Peninsula would be like destroying art in a museum, a rally in Perth
has been told.
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Italy Digs in Its Heels in Artifacts Dispute With the Getty.
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Munch painting permanently damaged.
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Proposed leading archaeology sites found by robbers.
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Scoperto traffico nazionale di 20 mila dipinti e opere grafiche contraffatti.
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A pair of antique tractors, worth an estimated $11, 000, were stolen from the
Bulls Gap Railroad Museum earlier this month and the Hawkins County Sheriff's
Department is looking for eyewitnesses to the crime.
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On the Trail of Pilfered History. The market in stolen historical documents
has gotten so hot that federal investigators have launched an operation to retrieve what
belongs to the government.
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The Ethiopian Millennium - and the Question of Ethiopia's Cultural
Restitution.
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Parishes in Naples are removing precious artworks from local places of
worship following the theft of 18th century nativity scene figurines, estimated to be
worth €1 million, from a church in Naples.
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The Odyssey Of Stuart Pivar's Roman Bronze Boy.
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274 art works stolen from State Art Museum found in USA
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Roban una réplica de dinosaurio de 80 kilos de la plaza de las catedrales
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Arturo Martini, alla grande mostra milanese una scultura rocambolescamente
ritrovata
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Ofrecen recompensa por obras robadas a museo carioca
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Strafverfahren gegen Ermitage-Großdieb Sawadski vor Gericht gebracht
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Ex-curator's husband to stand trial for Hermitage thefts
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Culture and Tourism Ministry inspectors discover unregistered artifacts
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PALERMO - ATTIVITA' 2006 DEI CARABINIERI DEL NUCLEO
PATRIMONIO CULTURALE
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Museum thief a step ahead during decades-long spree
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Interview: Italy's Antiquities Prosecutor Fiorilli
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Three charged in antique furniture theft
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En auge los robos y venta de arte sacro
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Lazise
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Thieves steal valuable art for scrap metal
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Art theft mystifies Claycomb's Plaza Mall community
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Roban estatua de u$s250 mil del Jockey Club platense
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Robo de arte, el tráfico del tiempo “sí es un problema real”, dice el INAH
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McCartney paintings in dispute
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fwd: En auge los robos y venta de arte sacro
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False Alarm: No Paintings Stolen From McCartney Estate
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Dedicato all'arte il calendario dei Carabinieri 2007
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x-Getty Curator Says She's Taking Fall
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$500,000 storm damage to National Museum
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Statement by the President of ICOM on current legal actions against museums
for the return of illegally exported cultural property (especially Italy Vs the J Paul
Getty Museum)
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FW: The Medici Conspiracy voted one of Time's 10 best books of 2006
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Hidalgo tiene registrado un 80 por ciento de su patriminio sacro.
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Ancient History For Sale
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Forgotten heroes of the fine art war intrigue America
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Coast Guardsmen pay to replace stolen clown sculpture
Last message date: Sun Dec 31 11:26:02 CET 2006
Archived on: Sun Feb 18 00:07:30 CET 2007
January 2007 Archives by date
Starting: Mon Jan 1 15:10:18 CET 2007
Ending: Wed Jan 31 16:21:18 CET 2007
Messages: 196
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Massive statue of Ukrainian poet stolen from an Oakville, Ont. park
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Tomb-raiding tradition thriving in West Bank
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Brothers' feud over Rockwell paintings persists
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Help stem the flow of illicit antiquities into the US
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Police seize suspected fake Goya painting
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Nuevo robo de piezas arqueológicas en Ica.
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Canada. A bronze statue of Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko, erected in an
Oakville park in 1951, was chopped off at the feet by vandals and carted away.
205)
Art Mystery: Columbia Professor Investigates Possible Michelangelo
Forgery.
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Head of stolen Oakville statue recovered.
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Police are investigating the theft of a $15, 000 statue from a Naples
condominium over the New Year's weekend.
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200 Jahre altes Ölgemälde in Hannover gestohlen.
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Patrimoine archéologique. Les pilleurs de la mémoire.
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Polizei auf Mallorca vereitelt Kunstdiebstahl.
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The Getty's troubled goddess. Evidence mounts that the centerpiece of its
antiquities collection, acquired despite several warnings, was looted.
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Roban obras de arte por valor de 634.000 euros de un museo japonés
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Art Authentication - The Forensic Way
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Deep in the south of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the looters
move in broad daylight, trying to unearth historic treasures from a region that has
become a paradise for plunderers.
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Cerveteri. Furto nella Chiesa della SS Trinità.
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Museum heist: Twenty-three works of art estimated to be worth about 153.6
million yen have been stolen from Yamato Gyokusenkaku museum in Sakurai, Nara
Prefecture, police said Wednesday.
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Canada. An man has been charged after a bronze statue of a famed Ukrainian
poet was chopped off at the feet from its pedestal and carted away from a park in
Oakville, Ont.
218)
Revealed: Nazi painting in London's Maritime Museum looted by British.
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Peru. NUEVO ROBO DE PIEZAS ARQUEOLÓGICAS EN ICA
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Thieves beware: museum curators are after you. Faced with the prospect of
dissolution, the Art and Antiques Unit of the Metropolitan Police has come up with a
new idea-to recruit curators and art historians as special constables.
221)
Germany returns painting to Jewish heir.
222)
Russia's Hermitage Museum, which announced a massive theft of valuable
artifacts this summer, was once again the target of a robbery Friday.
223)
Canada. Canada police find head of stolen Ukraine statue.
224)
Fresh claims fuel row over Getty's 'stolen' antiquities.
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Museum theft. Kestner ist zurück (48 hours after theft painting has been
recovered).
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Kunstdieb ist geständig. Anwalt entwendete wertvolles Spitzweg-Gemälde.
(Lawyer stole painting during MuseumNight happening, and tried to sell painting)
227)
Firefighters say motors in air circulation system overheated; no damage to
Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library.
228)
Kunstschmuggler plündern Afrika. Frankreich ist eine Drehscheibe für
Schmuggelkunst: Allein 2005 wurden 21 332 Kunstobjekte im Millionen- Wert an der
Grenze zu Deutschland, der Schweiz, Italien, Spanien und Belgien konfisziert.
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Russia to try man over theft of Hermitage artworks.
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New Zealand. Art thieves have stolen a C F Goldie painting and a set of Colin
McCahon manuscripts stolen from Auckland University during the Christmas holiday
period.
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Wertvolle Heiligenfigur aus Wallfahrtskirche gestohlen.
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A Nazi-era painting which has been at the National Maritime Museum since it
was looted by British troops in 1945 may have to be returned to Germany.
233)
24 Stunden offen: Unibibliothek mit RFID-Wächter
234)
The Papers list for The International Conference on heritage of Naqada and
Qus region
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Hung for a month, then nicked
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Exportée illégalement en France, une inscription datant du IIIe millénaire
restituée au Musée national
237)
Report: Louvre refuses to return İznik tiles to Turkey
238)
The Church of Sweden is going on the offensive to try to get objects stolen
from churches in northern Sweden returned from Spain.
239)
Auckland University increases security in wake of art thefts.
240)
A rare collection of American Indian artifacts finds its way to Salisbury.
241)
University rejects museum contractor claim.
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Quai Branly concept debatable, but contents popular.
243)
Lawyer Took Part In Talks That Secured Return Of Munch Paintings.
244)
£1M raid Fuidge Manor
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Artifact Looters Have Legal Loophole. No federal or state law protects an
archaeological site on private property.
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THIEVES have stolen more than £1million worth of paintings and antiques in
a raid on an isolated manor house.
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Quatre personnes arrêtées pour vol de toiles de valeur
248)
Algérie : 1.127 pièces antiques et monnaies anciennes saisies
249)
bronze plaque that contained a historic route map of the Illinois Central
Railroad has been stolen from the McComb City Railroad Depot Museum.
250)
SAFE Podcast Interviews on Illicit Antiquities and Cultural Heritage
Preservation
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Auckland police are trawling through days of camera footage, but remain in
the dark about the thieves who stole more than $200, 000 of artworks.
252)
State police are looking for burglars who stole an antique engine from a
museum in Kinzers that may be worth thousands of dollars.
253)
U.K. Robbers raided a replica bank at Telford's Blists Hill museum injuring a
member of staff.
254)
300-pound Ridgefield sculpture stolen; reward offered
255)
(Insider theft, Michel Garel, French National library) L'obscur retour en
France du manuscrit H52 volé à la BNF
256)
Sonic Fingerprints Safeguard Art.
257)
Rare book stolen from Petersburg library.
258)
Library Security Guard Opens Fire On Vehicle.
259)
Beatty painting stolen from Toronto school
260)
URGENT NOTICE: Stolen Frederick E. Hart & Michael Wilkinson
Sculptures. Photos of the stolen sculptures are on line at: http://www.museumsecurity.org
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Pakistan. Writings on the walls: Archaeology dept to install cameras at fort.
262)
Spain. La policía sueca reclama una arqueta del siglo XIII robada por un
español y expuesta en el Museo de Artes Decorativas.
263)
Lost: The Looting of Iraq's Antiquities (article was published in AAM
Museum News)
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Greece. Bail Set in Greece for Ex-Curator Marion True of Getty
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Stolen Civil War Guns in Chesterfield. Photos of stolen guns:
http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=5921746
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Stolen from St. Peter's College over the weekend, a $35, 000 painting was
recovered Monday night from a convicted drug dealer dragging it down a Jersey City
street.
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Italy to ask Japan to return antiquities allegedly looted (It is about time the
MIHO is confronted with its museum full of looted antiquities! T.C.)
268)
Russia's imperial capital, St Petersburg, is fighting floods as winds from the
Gulf of Finland have been whipping up waves near some of the city's Tsarist treasures.
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Algérie - Parc national du Tassili - Vol de 64 pièces archéologiques
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U.K. OUTRAGE AS HERITAGE IS DUMPED IN A SKIP. Reference
library material was marked for disposal with a skull and crossbones.
271)
Bolivia y EEUU extienden convenio de protección cultural
272)
Cuadro de Goya robado en Pensilvania vuelve a exponerse en Ohio
273)
Razzia sur l’art nègre… Alors que le succès du Musée des Arts dit « premiers
» du Quai Branly se confirme, on ne peut ignorer que deux statuettes Nok y sont
exposées, en provenance du Nigeria, issues d’un trafic international illicite.
274)
Billionaire Stephen Wynn sued Lloyd's of London after submitting a claim for
$54 million he lost by accidentally tearing his 75-year-old Pablo Picasso painting ``Le
Reve.''
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Mover, mother-in-law charged in thefts of Picasso drawings.
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Israeli courts will not be able to adjudicate claims of ownership of works of
art from abroad brought to Israel for exhibit, according to the terms of a bill to be
submitted to the Knesset for its second and third readings.
277)
Fresh start for flooded museum.
278)
Painting stolen in area to be on display in Toledo.
279)
Canada. Theft of painting by Group of Seven contemporary has investigators
flabbergasted.
280)
New Zealand. There has been yet another art theft in Auckland. This time a
bronze sculpture of a Weta from the courtyard of the Epsom Community Library.
281)
Lost: The Looting of Iraq's Antiquities mentions another article in the same
issue of Museum News about the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield on p. 11. The
article is not available online, but the text is posted below.
282)
SIX 13th century Byzantine icons stolen from churches in the Morphou area
after 1974 have been returned to the Church of Cyprus during a ceremony in New
York late on Wednesday.
283)
Peru. Instalan modernos sistemas de seguridad en templos cusqueños para
evitar robos.
284)
Le ministre de la Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres était vendredi à
Winnezeele pour célébrer l'événement
285)
En Suecia es conocido como "el ladrón de las iglesias". El hurto de cerca de
100 piezas de arte en pequeños templos avala el sobrenombre del tinerfeño de 55 años
José Juan Arteaga Hernández, que actualmente cumple una condena de cuatro años en
Suecia.
286)
Cashing in or selling out? A hot art market is too tempting for some
institutions to ignore. That's not necessarily for the public good.
287)
Australia's High Commission in London has stepped in to help the Tasmanian
Aboriginal Centre prevent a British museum gathering data from the remains of 17
Aboriginal Tasmanians.
288)
The Cleveland Museum of Art is next on the list of American museums from
which Italy will seek the return of ancient treasures it says were looted from Italian
soil.
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Picassos' Theft Contributes to Mystery of Eccentric Collector's Art Trove.
290)
Trio pleads not guilty in art thefts. Suspects in case linked to Santiago works
include lawyer.
291)
Paru. Elaboran lista de bienes culturales en peligro.
292)
Preservationists say history being buried at historic Fort Pitt.
293)
Police seek sponsors to tackle rising art crime. Britain's only specialist art
crime squad faces an uncertain future because its funding is to be halved.
294)
France Recovers Stolen 13th-Century Hebrew Manuscript from US after
paying legal expenses to good faith buyer. Christie's compensated the buyer.
295)
'Cultural Property': At Odds with Globalism
296)
Art theft perfect crime for our time. The trade in stolen art has evolved to
exploit trends ranging from Middle East political chaos to the rise of Chinese
manufacturing.
297)
A church in a Kosovo village of Gornja Brnjica near Pristina was robbed and
looted by unidentified men who broke into the church on the eve of Christian
Orthodox Christmas and stole church money, icons and then damaged the church.
298)
The Mysterious Mr. Slomovic
299)
Art thieves steal £200,000 collection
300)
Brits African loot is an art-rage!
301)
From Baghdad to the L.I.E.
302)
Records tie Japan to art theft
303)
Burglars nab wine valued at $500,000
304)
Expoliadores de Osona habían robado numerosas obras arte en masías
Maresme
305)
Please May We Have Our Swastika Picture Back?
306)
Raubkunst im Krems: Grüne "schämen" sich
307)
El templo de Copacabana de Toledo sufre un robo
308)
Theft of sculptures from Singer Museum
309)
Insurers pay up for art theft
310)
Information About French Police Commissioner Zamaron
311)
SAFE features story about smuggled icons
312)
Mazur: Hecht's Partner On The Roman Bronze Boy.
313)
A painting by Joseph Farquharson valued at £100,000 was stolen.
314)
Italian prosecutors have obtained records and photographs that they claim
show the head of an international smuggling syndicate that was behind the illegal
excavation of antiquities in Italy had dealt with a Japanese antique art dealer.
315)
Museums face fallout in fight over carving. stone carving of the head of a
guardsman from the ancient palace of Persian kings at Persepolis is at the centre of a
High Court battle that could have worldwide repercussions for museums and art
collections.
316)
Bulgarian legislation still lacks laws for preserving the country's cultural
heritage.
317)
Spain. Dos detenidos por el robo de un cuadro del s.XVIII en ermita de
Fuerteventura.
318)
Police in Southbury were hoping someone would come forward with stolen
religious artwork and all would be forgiven.
319)
A retired Italian antiquities thief told a Rome court that tomb robbers provide
an important service by saving ancient art and helping to preserve a historical record.
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Reggio Calabria, furto e ricettazione di oggetti d'arte: 10 arresti.
321)
Peru's Cultural Institute mulls inventory to protect national heritage.
322)
Sculpture theft. Thieves take £10k artwork... and then come back for more.
323)
prominent, long-established Chicago art gallery sold more than $1 million
worth of paintings on consignment but largely failed to pay the consignors.
324)
An antiques expert who regularly appears on BBC's Bargain Hunt faces trial
by jury after his case was sent to crown court this week.
325)
A picture in the U.K. National Maritime Museum was almost certainly looted
by British troops from a German naval academy on the Baltic in 1945, Martin Bailey
of the Art Newspaper has discovered. This raises an interesting question.
326)
El templo de Copacabana de Toledo sufre un robo
327)
Members of the public unearthed 57,566 ancient objects last year, according
to the British Museum - an increase of 45 per cent on 2005. The items included a
spectacular Viking hoard of 20 silver bracelets.
328)
Naqada Egypt 2007 Program
329)
Un bronze de Rodin volé retrouvé aux Pays-Bas
330)
Volé au musée de Djanet
331)
Thieves cart off 1,500-pound lamps from foothills home
332)
Condenado al vender obras de artistas de la provincia robadas
333)
Bruce McNall On Hecht & Collapse Of Antiquities Market (by Suzan Mazur)
334)
An unpublished report claims that antiquities are being smuggled by embassy
staff. "Diplomats are a bigger danger than tourists"
335)
Roban obras de más de 200 años de antigüedad de museo colombiano
336)
Le vol d'oeuvres d'art est, après la drogue, le deuxième trafic mondial.
D'autant qu'on ne retrouve que 2% des objets dérobés. Un site permet d'inventorier ses
biens à titre de précaution.
337)
Algeria. Démantèlement d'un réseau de vol de pièces archéologiques du
musée.
338)
Part Of Sculpture Honoring 9/11 Rescuers Stolen From Queens.
339)
Dutch Police Detain Two Men in Rodin's `Thinker' Theft Inquiry.
340)
Condenado al vender obras de artistas de la provincia robadas.
341)
A VALUABLE statue which has gone missing from a cemetery for a second
time may never be found.
342)
New York artist Morris Katz, known as "The World's Fastest Painter, "
became a victim when a thief stole his van containing about $50, 000 in artwork.
343)
El arte del crimen
344)
Spain. El patrimonio artístico de los pueblos como son las iglesias, pinturas,
retablos, tallas o cruces si bien pertenece a la Iglesia, la gente de los pueblos se lo
siente suyo porque presenta un elemento de identidad de muchas poblaciones.
345)
Thieves stole Renaissance art worth £1m from the Italian home of the
disgraced former Tory minister Lord Lambton after he died last month.
346)
Call for entries
347)
Italian police recover ancient Roman marble reliefs of gladiators
348)
Christie's begins antiquities sale over objections of Greece
349)
A perfect heist gone wrong
350)
Devolverán tres dibujos expoliados por nazis presentes en museos británicos
351)
UK gallery to return looted art
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Hermitage employee walked out with tsarist treasures
353)
Fiscal storm at Philly port museum: Ex-head charged with $2.4M fraud
354)
Campaign to save nation's £1bn paintings
355)
Greek protest over London auction
356)
Chi l’ha visto? A Palermo i dipinti rubati si ritrovano anche così…
357)
Genova - Ritrovata a Torino preziosa armatura rubata
358)
Recuperan bienes culturales
359)
S.F. police recover $1 million painting, other stolen valuables
360)
"Re: Contents of MSN-list digest, 20 January: 'McNall on Hecht & Collapse
of Antiquities Market'
361)
Plant thefts sprouting up everywhere
362)
Lawyer: Mass. man didn’t steal $2.4M from seaport museum
363)
Stone cold response from authorities over missing Sea View sculptures
364)
Art looted by Nazis handed back to Czech family
365)
Prosecutors checking whether Brooke Astor's son owes taxes
366)
T-V show to feature case of missing Medals of Honor
367)
Rare gladiator marbles discovered in major Italian art bust
368)
Eremitage-Kunstraub: Erste Vernehmungen vor Gericht
369)
Thieves grab name plate from museum’s loco
370)
U.S. man petitions German panel for return of art seized by Nazis
371)
Missing painting may be hidden in Durban
372)
Pide cuatro años para un acusado de dañar obras de arte en la Catedral, donde
entró para robar
373)
Thieves take artwork in Easthampton. Two photographs and a large oil
painting, both in artist-made frames and secured to a wall with special hardware, were
torn from their settings earlier this week.
374)
As Toronto sees valuable artworks go missing, lawyer Bonnie Czegledi is the
city's ambassador to Interpol and the FBI -- and the nearest thing it has to an art cop
375)
The priceless Roman floor mosaic that was damaged last week in the German
city of Cologne by the storm called Kyrill has been chipped in at least 100 places, the
city's Roman-Germanic Museum said.
376)
Over 100 antiques shops and at least a half-dozen historical societies across
New York state were victims of a robbery spree by three brothers from 2004 to 2006,
according to law enforcement officials.
377)
An artist is appealing for the return of a self-portrait after thieves stole the
picture from the window of a Blackpool art gallery.
378)
A special German panel ruled Thursday against returning a valuable
collection of rare posters stolen by the Nazis to the son of the artwork's Jewish owner.
379)
US returns rare Buddha statue to Pakistan.
380)
Surprise police are looking for three women suspected of stealing a $1, 600
pot from the Heard Museum West gift shop earlier this month.
381)
KARACHI: Renowned artist and sculptor Anjum Ayaz appears sorely
disappointed to learn that some of his stone and marble sculptures that were placed on
the main Sea View have been stolen.
382)
Thieves steal Banksy art...and the wall, too.
383)
BRASS nameplate has been stolen from a 19th century locomotive on display
at a Yorkshire museum in the latest theft to blight the region's railway heritage.
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Suspects wanted in Tahoe art gallery statue heist.
385)
XXmiglia: due custodie cautelari per furto di elemosine
386)
Kunstrückgabe. Regelmäßig werden Gemälde, die während der Nazizeit
verkauft wurden, von Erben zurückgefordert. Kirchners "Berliner Straßenszene" war
nur ein Fall unter vielen.
387)
Mexico. La pieza desaparecida.
388)
Rescatan más bienes religiosos.
389)
URGENT APPEAL TO PROTECT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF CYPRUS
390)
Algeria is stepping up efforts to curb the theft of its archaeological treasures.
The police plans to recruit archaeology graduates and curb the illegal trade of stolen
items.
391)
IMOLA - Furto in villa, rubate opere per centinaia di migliaia di euro.
392)
Mexico. Urge Senado crear catálogo para combatir saqueo de bienes
culturales.
393)
DO COINS MATTER?
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394)
Trois « Picasso » volés, récupérés par la gendarmerie
395)
In an Enclave of Serious Wine Lovers, a Mesmerizing Theft
396)
Former Lead Plaintiff's Guilty Plea May Spell Trouble for Lawyer Lerach
397)
UK. Medals from World War I and II were among property stolen in a
burglary at the home of an 87-year-old blind woman.
398)
Italian police arrest tomb raiders, artefact collectors
399)
Russia's state cultural watchdog said Wednesday it has seized precious
Byzantine-era items that an art dealer offered to Russian museums amid suspicion
they may have been stolen from a museum in Turkey more than four decades ago.
400)
Butterfly Vanishes From Winter Antiques Bash, `Reward' Offered
401)
Probing Question: How can you spot a forgery? History is checkered with
stories of fakes -- and people duped into believing they were the real thing.
402)
Treasure troves and lack of supervision turn Afghanistan into looter's paradise
403)
Thieves steal gold from art installation in France
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Perú: Roban más de 40 kilos de plata en catedral del siglo XVII
405)
Owner rejects analysis of unsubstantiated Pollocks. Harvard researchers
question the works' age and authenticity. Their owner doesn't see the findings as
definitive.
406)
GELA: TRAFFICO INTERNAZIONALE DI REPERTI ARCHEOLOGICI,
52 ARRESTI
407)
Roban acetre de plata de templo colonial en provincia cusqueña
408)
ARTsafe.com traque les œuvres d’arts volées sur Internet
409)
Si chiama Argo, è "nato" al Politecnico e vigilerà sulle opere d´arte
410)
Weather vanes' value make them hot items for thieves
411)
Les manuscrits volés de la BNF, suite et fin? Condamné à quinze mois ferme
et incarcéré, Michel Garel se dit victime d'un complot.
412)
Roban escultura del Museo Histórico Nacional
413)
After 32 years on the trail of Leonardo da Vinci's lost masterpiece "The Battle
of Anghiari, " Maurizio Seracini thinks he is on the verge of solving one of the art
world's greatest mysteries.
414)
Harvard study casts more doubt on disputed Pollock paintings
415)
Northern Territory police are investigating the theft of eight pieces of
Aboriginal art stolen in Alice Springs last week.
416)
Massachusetts State Police Unit Investigating Theft Of Portraits
417)
How many Chinese cultural treasures "lost" overseas?
418)
Insider theft in German university library: Uni verklagt Professor auf 272.000
Euro
419)
Theft from Wythall Transport Museum. Emotional plea made over
locomotive theft.
420)
Seeking the truth on a Buddha's trail. Mysteries surround rare statue returned
to Pakistan.
421)
Spain. Buscan a los dueños de obras recuperadas
422)
Israel Museum Urged to Release Nazi-Plundered Art.
423)
Lawyer doubts stolen Bibles' rarity. Pastor and his wife face a preliminary
hearing in theft case.
424)
Nasher Museum acquires ancient treasures.
425)
Die "Saliera" hat die Bilanz der Ermittler in Sachen Kunstdiebstahl zum
Glänzen gebracht: 2006 wurde Diebesgut im Wert von 51 Millionen Euro
sichergestellt, wobei allein der Wert des berühmten Salzfasses 50 Millionen
ausmachte.
426)
Trois « Picasso » volés, récupérés par la gendarmerie . Les œuvres font
actuellement l’objet d’expertise
427)
Swiss Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin has begun his weeklong trip to
Turkey by approving a cultural goods treaty between the two countries.
428)
Search For Stolen Sculpture
429)
Dopo il furto avvenuto nella casa parrocchiale poche settimane fa, i ladri di
opere d'arte si sono introdotti, forzando la porta d'ingresso, anche nella chiesa della
frazione S. Nicola, utilizzata dai borghigiani per la Messa festiva.
430)
Arte: a Montecatini furto da un milione di euro
431)
Blanca Alva, guardiana silenciosa de nuestro patrimonio (especial)
432)
Gemälde-Diebstahl: Kunstkrimi in Hessen
433)
Forensic Photography Brings Color Back to Ancient Textiles
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Collector accused of forging 'James ossuary' says old photos prove
authenticity
435)
Getty Museum signs deal to return 2 ancient treasures to Greece
436)
Spanish police have arrested 52 people accused of plundering 300, 000
artefacts from excavation sites throughout Andalusia in the largest swoop against
illegal archaeological treasure hunting in the world, the interior ministry said.
437)
Archers' naked shepherd stolen 'for scrap metal'
438)
FW: Hazina Exhibition: Brits African loot is an art-rage!
439)
The Exploitation of African Art
440)
Detenido guarda rural intentaba vender estatuillas de oro de época faraónica
441)
Sounds of silence on stolen violins. There has been no word from anyone
about two prized instruments taken from a West Hollywood home in December.
442)
Restoration of niche in Gozo
443)
Thieves steal heron statue
444)
Van Gogh painting appeal to be heard. Hamilton lawyer wants Elizabeth
Taylor to return painting originally owned by his great-grandmother.
445)
Falmouth police uncovered a stash of drugs in a Ballymeade home yesterday
as part of an FBI investigation into a 29-year-old stolen artwork case.
446)
Bones of contention go home. Three Denver institutions have returned more
than 2, 000 objects to tribes under a 1990 federal law. The effort is deemed a success with a few exceptions.
447)
Australia. Priceless items were destroyed at an Indian cultural centre in
northern NSW during what its owners believe was a premeditated attack.
448)
William Crumpton, convicted in theft of Georgia O'Keeffe painting, died two
days after release. Estate has accused Santa Fe County jail officials of causing his
premature death.
449)
Thieves strike Aboriginal art galleries
450)
Kunst Diebstahl. Einbruch in die Projekträume der Galerie Börgmann in Köln
451)
AAMD Task Force on Nazi Looted Art
452)
Looted Iraqi Artifacts in Contemporary Art
453)
Smuggling Headache for Algerian Authorities
454)
FW: Etat Italien vs Getty Museum: répons e à la de claration de la Presidente
455)
More than five years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the plundering of
Afghanistan's archaeological sites and museums has evolved into a sophisticated trade
that could be funding the country's warlords and insurgents.
456)
$25,000 reward offered for return of Maltese Falcon
457)
THE National Gallery of Victoria has been hit with a demand for the return of
a valuable Dutch masterpiece allegedly looted by Nazis from a prominent Jewish
family in the 1930s.
458)
Archaeologists let looters do some of the work
459)
Bill protects Arkansas historical sites
460)
Little-known heroes hunted art treasures stolen by Nazis
461)
fire yesterday in the Georgetown home of a former National Gallery of Art
curator caused at least $250, 000 in damage and possibly destroyed a significant
collection of artwork.
462)
Howell library uses donation to buy defibrillator
463)
Turkey. Smugglers steal ancient fountain
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Anklage und Festnahme von Kunsträubern in Mannheim und Fulda
465)
Desmantelada una red acusada de expoliar once yacimientos en Badajoz
466)
Human remains advertised on the Russian internet as relics for sale went
missing from the Kunstkamera museum but are not valuable, it emerged on Monday.
467)
En Cúcuta nadie vio quién se robó a La Diosa, uno de los símbolos de la
ciudad
468)
La Guardia Civil recupera varias obras de arte sustraídas de una casa de
Tricio
469)
Lawsuit Over Schiele Drawing Has Legs
470)
retired lawyer who federal authorities say negotiated to sell paintings
allegedly stolen by a former client, including a $30 million Cezanne still life, was
arrested Tuesday at Logan Airport as he got off a plane from France.
471)
Mourning Painting From 1803 Stolen In Frenchtown, N.J.
472)
The World's Most Remarkable Heists
473)
Sculptures stolen from the garden of Lord and Lady Archer have been
recovered by police.
474)
Cultural property advice portal sets sale online
475)
TASMANIAN ABORIGINES SEEK RETURN OF HUMAN REMAINS
FROM NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
476)
Sheriff mistakenly dumps recovered La Selva Beach sculpture
477)
New Affordable Anti-Theft Device for Hanging Art
478)
Tips sought in $15,000 theft of yard art
479)
New Zealand. A Golden Bay man is calling for thieves to return a distinctive
serpentine sculpture stolen from its site of 27 years in the Cobb Valley.
480)
Louvre backs down on ancient statue here. Greece threatens boycott over
Cleveland museum.
481)
Press Release
482)
World Heritage and War: message by prof. Maniscalco
483)
Museo Getty, ecco le prove dell'arte trafugata
484)
ICE agents seize prized dinosaur nest from area auction house
485)
Recupera la ciudad valiosas piezas de la época de Urquiza
486)
Court rejects big fees in Nazi art case
487)
Case of missing art a head-scratcher
488)
Fears Aboriginal art is stolen to order
489)
The bigger picture
490)
Former Watertown lawyer charged in international art theft
491)
Dallas oil man pursues Nazi-stolen art
492)
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina to help area cemeteries
493)
Identifican obras de arte robadas a bomberos
494)
Procès en appel dans l’affaire du vol du "Cri" de Munch
495)
Aboriginals Sue U.K. Museum Over Bones
496)
Alarma frustró robo de cuadro de Roberto Matta en Las Condes
497)
Missing art may be hanging on museum wall
498)
New Zealand: Treasure stash never revealed
499)
Munch convicts back in court, Munch robber believed dead
500)
Reward offered in Waddell art theft
501)
Painting in state museum part of Gary's missing art works
502)
Man sentenced for art theft
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New Zealand. Art scammer back in court
504)
Proposed removal of Elisabeth Frink's 'irreplaceable' Desert Quartet
505)
Looting leaves archaeologists worried over Iraqi artifacts
506)
Bronze sculptures stolen for scrap?
507)
Fossil thieves get away with mammoth haul
508)
Art dealers alerted to stolen Warhol prints
509)
Roban una obra de Quinquela Martín
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512)
No subject
513)
No subject
514)
Germany To Return Presidential Painting To Jewish Heirs
515)
An art trove, looted by the Nazis and recovered, is going on sale
516)
FW: Conference on Repatriation of Cultural Heritage
517)
Due frati nell'inchiesta sul furto della statuina dell'Ara Coeli. E un traffico di
reliquie
518)
Jailed for forgery and notorious for his weapons art, Alfredo Martinez plots
his next move.
519)
Roban valioso cuadro de Quinquela Martín. Está valuado en
aproximadamente 50 mil dólares. Fue saqueado de una galería de arte privada en La
Rioja.
520)
Thieves Ransack Cabins at Hickory Ridge Homestead
521)
Hawkins deputies recover one of two stolen antique tractors
522)
Police are advising art dealers to be on the lookout for stolen prints after a
dozen lithographs, including a signed and numbered reproduction of Andy Warhol's
"Marilyn Monroe, " were lifted from a car in San Francisco earlier this month.
523)
Family members are worried the larger than life sized bronze statues taken
from the John Henry Waddell property in Cornville last week may have been
plundered for their scrap metal value.
524)
Appeals in theft of Edvard Munch masterpieces opens in Oslo court.
525)
Museum bones legal fight 'a waste' of $1m
526)
Germany Agrees to Return Nazi-Looted Painting.
527)
FBI sting operation into corruption in the Hollywood Police Department has
resulted in federal charges against four veteran officers who allegedly protected what
they thought were mob shipments of drugs as well as stolen art, diamonds and
watches.
528)
New Zealand. Widow certain honeymoon rapist still has $300, 000 worth of
treasure.
529)
Spain. Roban dos cuadros del siglo XVII al ex-cónsul de Suecia en
Torrevieja.
530)
USA. Woman's aide gets jail for art theft.
531)
Oslo thieves nab cash from canvas
532)
Art theft suspect seen as part of network
533)
Thieves steal Canberra artworks worth $50,000
534)
Collectors Worry Over Impact Of Federal Ban On Selling Military Medals.
535)
Foundation recovers painting stolen by Nazis
536)
art collector who had paintings valued at £20m stolen from his home in
Massachusetts has won a legal battle in London to have them returned to him.
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About Benvenuto Cellini's Saliera: UN Atomic Watchdog: Nuclear Detective
Not Only for Weapons But on Damaged Art, Too
538)
Canberra police are investigating the theft of almost $50, 000 of artworks
from a Gungahlin gallery.
539)
Ritrovato quadro di Modigliani in una toilette dell'aeroporto di Orio al Serio
540)
A 48-year-old South Korean man, who was arrested on suspicion of stealing a
number of items considered cultural assets, is believed to have approached one of the
original owners to offer him the chance to buy back a stolen Buddhist painting.
541)
Iraq. Ransacked provincial museum seeks lost treasures
542)
Scientists at the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, a research
organization for art conservation, have developed a unique way of identifying works
of art. Called FingArtPrint.
543)
At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of nearly $66 million, were stolen
from the artist's granddaughter's house in Paris, police said Wednesday.
544)
Kein Bekenntnis zur Vergangenheit. Der deutsche Kunsthandel in der
Nazizeit - eine Ausstellung.
545)
Zum zweiten Mal innerhalb weniger Monate sind in Hannover aus einem
Museum wertvolle Kunstgegenstände gestohlen worden.
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546)
Collecting African Art: People need to buy in confidence, but still need to
stay alert for unscrupulous dealers, who even find ways to work hand in hand with
Museums as the Heidelberg story from this month shows once again.
547)
Mehrere Kunstwerke im Wert von einer Million sichergestellt worden, die aus
dem Kestner-Museum in entwendet worden waren. Als ein Hehler die Objekte einem
Kunsthändler verkaufen wollte, alamierte dieser die Polizei.
548)
Mexico. Tráfico de arte sacro.
549)
More: Two Picasso paintings stolen from home of artist's granddaughter
550)
China. Ruin raiders target ancient relics in Shaanxi
551)
Un furto sacrilego e per questo ancora più odioso, è stato consumato nei
giorni scorsi nella parrocchiale di San Bassiano.
552)
Reaction Michel van Rijn to message David Norden
553)
ALERT: Support Renewal of US Bilateral Agreement with Mali
554)
Stolen Rockwell found in Spielberg collection
555)
Hallan treinta grabados de Goya «traspapelados» en un museo de Helsinki
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Robber of Theodore Roosevelt's revolver gets probation
557)
Bélgica devuelve al Perú obras de arte robadas
558)
An Artful Theft, Sawtooth is beefing up its security
559)
Internet, tras la pista del arte robado
560)
Tajik Museum Collections Under Threat
561)
Russians see red over square
562)
Tracking Art Thieves By Cell Phone
563)
Computer archive used to find stolen art
564)
Whose Art? A Debate Erupts Over Antiquities
565)
Nazi crime revelations raise questions about the Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museum
566)
The silver missing from the Sevso hoard? (Also read Colin Renfrew's
comment at the end of the article)
567)
Truffa dei quadri non pagati, due denunce
568)
Piazza Armerina centro di interesse dei ladri d’opere d’arte
569)
Kunstdiebstahl in Ried im Innkreis
570)
IL CASO / Trafugate 93 opere d’arte nel 2005, salite a 123 nel 2006
571)
Woman pleads no contest in stolen painting case
572)
Looters pillaging Native American sites in Palm Beach County
573)
SF: OWNER OF STOLEN ARTWORK OFFERS $10,000 REWARD
574)
Rare book stolen from UCLA Library
575)
ALERT: Support Renewal of US Bilateral Agreement with Guatemala
576)
Student Competition 2007 Announcement:
577)
The Preprints of the "Icon and Portrait International Conference"
578)
Art scam
579)
Austrian court orders retrial of thief who stole precious Renaissance figurine.
580)
Rentner stahl Gemälde von Zille und Mühlenhaupt. Der Mann ist
Kunstliebhaber. Doch seine umfangreiche Sammlung hat er sich über Jahre hinweg
aus gestohlenen Werken aufgebaut.
581)
Spain. Roban una de las piezas estrella de la próxima muestra de las Edades
en Ponferrada.
582)
Fighting for Iraq's culture.
583)
Italy. Recuperate 24 pergamene miniate Rubate prima del 1990 a Pistoia nella
chiesa di San Paolo.
584)
St Patrick's Day Art Heist
585)
Shotgun Stolen From Museum On Long Island
586)
Police recover stolen Nobel prize and arrest student
587)
Congreso contrata a dos asesores con procesos judiciales abiertos
588)
MONDRAGONE (Ce): RUBATA IMPORTANTE SCULTURA
CONTEMPORANEA
589)
Non mancano opere di Schifano esposte alla Reggia di Caserta come originali
590)
591)
592)
593)
594)
Rare Violin Recovered by Police to be Auctioned by Insurer
Netherlands Buys Back Nazi-Looted Paintings Returned to Heirs
Shadows of doubt loom over Pollock-style works
"The Medici Conspiracy" by Peter Watson now a SAFE online lecture
Little bronze piggy finds its way home to Stamford office
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595)
36 smuggled artifacts returned to Pakistan
596)
US returns Gandharan artefacts to Pakistan
597)
Preocupa el robo y el tráfico ilícito de bienes culturales
598)
Appeal over Lenkiewicz art theft
599)
Gemälde der Stuttgarter Staatsgalerie aus NS-Kunstraub
600)
Retired lawyer indicted in case of stolen art
601)
Sargento roba "Cóndor" de Obregón
602)
Colombia guard charged with stealing painting from presidential palace days
before Bush visit
603)
Will title insurance become the art world’s new darling?
604)
B.C. painter finds cut-rate copies online
605)
1. "The Medici Conspiracy" by Peter Watson now a SAFE online, lecture
(Museum Security Network Mailinglist)
606)
MUSEI PIU' SICURI MA SERVONO NUOVE LEGGI.
607)
Christie's and the 'fake' vintage wine: A 1787 Lafite fetched £105,000 because
it belonged to a great US President. Now some owners of rare bottles fear they are
victims of a hoax
608)
Berkeley student accused in theft of Nobel medal.
609)
Retrial ordered in Austrian art heist
610)
Secuestraron más obras de arte robadas en cementerios
611)
Books salvaged from old East St. Louis library are abandoned again.
612)
Pakistan hailed yesterday the return of dozens of ancient Buddha statues and
stone reliefs pillaged from its archaeological sites and smuggled to the United States,
and warned that illicit demand for antiquities was growing.
613)
Lacking input from the Italians, the Getty plans to settle unanswered
questions concerning a statue of Aphrodite on its own.
614)
Legisladora china propone ley para proteger reliquias culturales marinas
615)
Russia displays looted German treasure
616)
2 violins stolen in L.A. are recovered in Paris
617)
Trace Offers Free Search on Its Global Database of Stolen Valuables
618)
Evil British godfather locked up after decades of racketeering
619)
large quantity of books from the library of Harvard philosopher William
Ernest Hocking (1873-1966) were stolen from the private library of a local estate
during the weekend of February 16-18.
620)
Kunst mit Fingerabdruck. Forscher am Netherlands Institute for Cultural
Heritage[1] haben eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sich Kunstwerke anhand
spezieller Merkmale identifizieren lassen.
621)
Roban pintura de un piso de Avenida Libertador.
622)
Tracing the path of 2 purloined violins. After they were taken from the home
of an L.A. musician, the instruments, police say, were flown to Europe by a small-time
crook.
623)
Prosecutor demands 6 years for man suspected of Hermitage theft.
624)
Bandits plunder for pricey metal. The headless body of a Ukrainian poet,
night-time raids on railway depots and the theft of priceless works of art. The
ingredients of a Cold War thriller?
625)
Treasure Looted From Germany Goes On Show in Moscow.
626)
Anna Amalia Bibliothek öffnet ab Dezember.
627)
Afghan artifacts to return home.
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Researchers believe Nazi-looted art could be found in Finland.
629)
Argentina. Robaron una valiosa pintura de un edificio con vigilancia.
630)
Le saint retour des reliques. Des statues volées dans des églises ces dix
dernières années ont été restituées hier.
631)
Stolen Moments' stolen away from gallery. investigating a theft from a local
art gallery, and the owner of the gallery says it was all caught on tape.
632)
Russian jailed for Hermitage "theft of the century"
633)
Abren investigación judicial sobre robo de dos cuadros y un dibujo de Picasso
634)
Former museum worker allegedly stole $210,996
635)
Bandits plunder art, churches, pubs for pricey metal
636)
Audit: 85 pieces of district's art missing
637)
Vandals target vintage car collection
638)
Weighing up losses to Iraq's heritage
639)
Pakistan vows to stem pilferage of precious artworks out of museums
640)
5-Year Jail Term for Hermitage Thief
641)
$9.9M Award Upheld for Mont. Art Expert
642)
Afghan Art, Artifacts Returning To Country
643)
Librarian caught in rare book heist
644)
Museum warned on pesticides
645)
Civil War-era docs stolen, sold on eBay; Philly man charged. Denning
McTague nabbed them from National Archives, prosecutors say.
646)
Denmark will ratify the UNIDROIT convention!!!
647)
more on Danish ratification of Unidroit 1995.
648)
Fakes in focus.
649)
Internet helps police, collectors determine if art was stolen. A collective gasp
was heard among top-dollar art collectors when the FBI disclosed that Steven
Spielberg had a stolen Norman Rockwell painting in his possession.
650)
Court judge has ordered an art storage company to pay £350,000 for
accidentally binning an artwork by Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor.
651)
Dieb »spendete« fürs Museum. Vor 25 Jahren wurde in Durbach
Schwedenkreuz geklaut / Jetzt wurde eine Kopie an den Platz gestellt.
652)
Destroying history. Archeology in Iraq these days is less about making new
discoveries than finding out what has already been stolen.
653)
Appeals in theft of Edvard Munch masterpieces opens in Oslo court.
654)
Canada. Museum boycott is wrong answer.
655)
Honduras. Inicia decomiso de bienes robados. Pintura recuperada ayer está
valorada en más de 100 mil lempiras. Funcionario del SANAA asegura ser comprador
de buena fe.
656)
Aboutaam is working with the Milken Institute, the economic research
organization in Santa Monica, Calif., on a conference to be held in June to discuss the
disparities in international treaties and laws affecting provenance and the antiquities
market.
657)
Colombia busca recuperar cuatro reliquias precolombinas.
658)
Another church, another art theft.
659)
Gold bullion worth Y200 mil stolen from Gifu museum
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660)
Amsterdam antiquities dealer Mieke Zilverberg offers dubious cuneiform
tablet for sale at the prestigeous European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in The netherlands.
Chairperson of IADAA should be more cautious.
661)
Japan. Museum theft. Dreiste Diebe stehlen 100-kg-Goldklumpen (three
masked men steal a 100kg piece of gold from museum)
662)
Nightmare of Aborigine dreamtime artists
663)
Mohenjodaro relic thief apprehended by ADRC, Artefacts worth Rs500
million stolen in 2002, sold in Dubai
664)
Museum Theft Mastermind Arrested in Nalanda
665)
El auge de las falsificaciones de cuadros provoca un bajón en las subastas
666)
Scottish artist annoyed at eBay fakes
667)
FW: Looting of African Art & Cultural Property in Wartime: Question
668)
Prof helped save stolen art, BU scholar preserved treasures taken by Nazis
669)
Culture ministry consults CBI to curb antique theft
670)
Afghanistan’s ancient treasures a worrying modern-day trade
671)
Roban 90 obras en el estudio del artista Miguel Ángel Arrudi
672)
A Candlelight Vigil for the Iraq Museum
673)
MSN-list Digest, Vol 7, Issue 64
674)
Jerome Eisenberg about Amsterdam antiquities dealer Mieke Zilverberg and
the cuneiform tablet
675)
Moderator's request (PLEASE read)
676)
Arrestati ladri d'arte: un furto da manuale
677)
Ascoli Piceno: recuperati quadri rubati, 2 arresti
678)
La Junta licita la restauración del retablo de Gil de Siloé que fue robado por
Erik El Belga
679)
Thieves Attack Bulgarian Church to Steal Skeleton of Tzar's Killer
680)
Man on trial over art theft
681)
Jerome Eisenberg about Amsterdam antiquities dealer Mieke Zilverberg and
the cuneiform tablet
682)
Police hunt Faberge eggs raiders
683)
Lost treasure to be sold on U.S. television station.
684)
Thieves Attack Bulgarian Church to Steal Skeleton of Tzar's Killer
685)
Artists at War
686)
Bulgaria Seeks Stolen Antiquities
687)
324 antiques stolen across country
688)
Statue stolen in England surfaces in Calgary
689)
Russian watchdog calls for rules against illicit antiques trade
690)
Vandals apparently topple Pompeii column
691)
ASCOLI: Ritrovati in una stalla i dipinti trafugati a Norcia
692)
Stolen Munch print found: report
693)
Art theft spawned squad
694)
Munch-Gemälde sicher gestellt
695)
México pide crear registro continental de bienes culturales para evitar robos
696)
Artifact looters rob Iraq's past
697)
No subject
698)
No subject
699)
No subject
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Tycoon orders university to return his magic artefacts. Martin Schøyen is
suing University College London for the return of a multi-million-pound collection of
ancient artefacts he lent it a decade ago.
701)
EEUU entre principales destinos de comercio ilegal de arte de América Latina
702)
Sandy Creek wants Civil War document back
703)
Italy recovers hundreds of artifacts
704)
Looters pillaging Iraq's vast `sea of antiquities'
705)
Museum to return Maori skulls to NZ
706)
Starving Buddha sculpture returned to Pakistan
707)
Three arrests over Faberge raid
708)
book review: The “Keros Hoard”: Myth or Reality? Searching for the Lost
Pieces of a Puzzle.
709)
Antique route: Mum-US via S'pore
710)
Furti: rubate anche le reliquie di S.Lucia
711)
The Bounty Hunters
712)
Refuerzan combate a tráfico ilegal de bienes culturales
713)
ROBAN A CÓNSUL DE ESPAÑA
714)
Batna antiquities and archaeological pieces sold to Jewish merchants in
Tunisia
715)
Smugglers target the ancient treasures of Yemen
716)
announcement
717)
Paris et Athènes s’engagent à coopérer contre le trafic d’antiquités
718)
Archaeology, as viewed by the “Other”
719)
Art transport service killed
720)
Iban a rematar obra robada valuada en U$s250 mil
721)
Roban del Museo de Arte Precolombino en Chile esculturas mexicanas
722)
El PB denuncia dos nuevos robos en las iglesias de Cariseda y Yebra
723)
Alertan de que traficantes alemanes de arte preparan un robo en Escalada
724)
Mexico: Concluyó foro internacional para la protección de bienes culturales.
725)
Sculptures Stolen From Elderly Couple's Yard
726)
Gallery may give up art ‘looted by Nazis from Jewish owners’
727)
Ciutadella trasladará a la Fiscalía el robo de dos importantes piezas del Museo
Municipal, ocurrido en 1997
728)
Policía recupera en Bogotá un lienzo de la virgen de Chiquinquirá robado en
Boyacá
729)
Iran loses High Court battle against the very dubious Barakat Gallery to
recover stolen antiquities. How dubious is Barakat? Look here and find 24 NOK
statues this gallery is offering at the moment: http://tinyurl.com/2wspxd
730)
PERU: Le Pérou devient le paradis des trafiquants d'art en tout genre
731)
Police and FBI search Berwyn bungalow
732)
Appeal trial in case of stolen Edvard Munch works draws to a close
733)
Search for Hobcaw Barony art persists
734)
Art heist makes an impression
735)
Ancient wreath returns to Greece
736)
'How could you stoop so low?'
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An IFAR - NYC Bar Association Program on Art Insurance on April 12:
ART INSURANCE: WHAT EVERYONE IN THE ART WORLD NEEDS TO
KNOW.
April 2007 Archives by date
Apr 1 10:12:24 CEST 2007
Ending: Mon Apr 30 08:03:44 CEST 2007
Messages: 170
738)
Shibuya's 'loyal dog Hachiko' vanishes. METAL THIEVES SUSPECTED.
739)
200 pound steel coated sculpture stolen.
740)
Kunst-Krimi hält Kirchengemeinde in Atem. Sammler verlangt 70.000 Euro
für wieder aufgetauchte Bronze-Figur.
741)
Police searching for stolen sculpture
742)
FW: Attn: AAM Annual Meeting Attendees
743)
Del. Supreme Court hears appeal in forged painting case. Wilmington couple
suing Christie's over faked impressionist work.
744)
Ancien trafiquant lui-même, Michel Van Rijn n'a de cesse, via son site
Internet, de dénoncer le commerce illicite d'art et d'antiquités. Sa bonne connaissance
du milieu a permis l'arrestation de plusieurs trafiquants.
745)
Sculpted Buddha vanishes in the night. Artist spent many hours over period of
months to create 200-pound work.
746)
Waking up to the security sieve at the Indian Museum following the theft of a
Buddha bust in December 2004, the Union culture ministry has planned a revamp of
its security system.
747)
Australia Calls for German Museums to Give Back Human Bones. There's no
knowing how many Aboriginal remains are languishing in German museums.
748)
Art sales: Nazi loot provides rich pickings. Colin Gleadell reports on the
Goudstikker collection.
749)
Egyptian archaeological delegation returned from France Monday with
remnants of hair and bandages from one of Egypt's most famous Pharaohs that were
nearly sold on the Internet.
750)
Looters plunder Peru's antique treasures.
751)
Estiman en cerca de ocho mil las piezas robadas al Museo de Bagdad.
752)
Provenance Still Unclear, Possible Pollocks Have Been Sold.
753)
Duomo di Rovato: la Gdf recupera in un casolare di Paitone le 14 via Crucis
rubate in Chiesa nel settembre 2006
754)
Police Bust Multi-Million Won Art Forgery Ring
755)
Argentina. Robaron cuadros de Goya y Berni.
756)
Peru. Roban cuadro de catedral de Huancavelica en plena misa.
757)
Argentina. Robaron un valioso óleo y platería de la Casa Burgos.
758)
The art of forgery is as old as the art trade itself. From an ancient letter
purportedly written by Jesus Christ to a friend that first turned up for sale in 300AD to
a contemporary piece of pottery by the Turner Prize-winning Grayson Perry..
759)
Denuncian robo de valiosos cuadros en San Rafael.
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Guilty Plea In National Archives Theft
761)
Abu Dhabi to spend over $480m building a national collection
762)
Vol des toiles Munch: trois condamnations et trois acquittements en appel.
763)
A mountain village in Umbria is caught up in a tug of war with the
Metropolitan Museum of Art over the 2,600-year-old Etruscan chariot that is a
highlight of the museum's new Greek and Roman galleries.
764)
Intern Admits Thefts From U.S. Archives.
765)
Mexico. Robo en el Museo de las Artes.
766)
A man put his foot through a $300, 000 painting Wednesday afternoon at the
Milwaukee Art Museum and told museum workers later that the image disturbed him.
767)
illicit trade in fossils.Schwarzhandel mit Fossilien: "Adrenalin bis zum Hals"
768)
Guilty plea in theft on historic scale. A book publisher tipped officials to
stolen documents that were being sold on eBay.
769)
Museum fire. Das Bauernmuseum in Bad Füssing im Landkreis Passau ist
durch einen Brand komplett zerstört worden.
770)
Art Newspaper: Germans call for return of paintings seized by British troops.
The National Maritime Museum in London has turned down two previous requests for
restitution.
771)
Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov has ordered academics to seek the return
of a collection of ancient Persian artefacts known as the Oxus Treasure from the
British Museum.
772)
A treasured Iraqi library, reborn out of war looting, still faces perils.
773)
CAT burglars stole £240,000 of valuables in a six-minute raid of a stately
home.
774)
A treasured Iraqi library, reborn out of war looting, still faces perils.
775)
The thief wanted tools and lawn equipment, not King George III-era furniture,
jewelry and ornaments, detectives said. So the career criminal sold his million-dollar
booty of English antiques for a mere $300.
776)
THIEVES who have preyed on Melbourne's Aboriginal art dealers for the
past two years have struck again.
777)
Peru. Recuperan Cristo de bronce robado de iglesia en Pisco
778)
Les 2 auteurs du vol d'un monument à Chaville sur le génocide arménien mis
en examen
779)
Près de 60.000 oeuvres d'art volées recherchées en Russie (Intérieur)
780)
Pakistan. Call for protection of Sindh's cultural wealth
781)
Is the U.S. Protecting Foreign Artifacts? Don't Ask
782)
Opere d'arte rubate in chiesa, 8 denunciati: anche negozianti
783)
Bari: furti in chiese, ritrovate opere d'arte.
784)
April 10-12: Global Candlelight Vigil for the Iraq Museum
785)
New Zealand. Massey releases rare books details. Details of the rare books
stolen from Massey University have been released by librarian John Redmayne.
786)
Iran versus the Barakat Gallery: Iran to Appeal London Court for Rehearing
on its Artifacts.
787)
Police Search For Stolen Satue
788)
Innov-X Handheld XRF analyzers can help to authenticate art work, trace
provenance, and help detect fraudulent works.
789)
The Iraq Museum holds Candlelight Vigil on April 10, 2007
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Art and Police Powers
791)
No subject
792)
No subject
793)
Another Omaha church is reporting the theft of a valued piece of art.
794)
Thieves target Aboriginal art
795)
A Bone to Pick: Paleontologists Attack Christie's Fossils Sale
796)
The heist of the century
797)
Kunsträuber in Wien erbeuten Vasen im Millionen-Wert
798)
Vol de 22 vases prestigieux de la célèbre collection Harrach à Vienne
799)
Stolen 'Scream' may undergo surgery
800)
Thieves Take 3-Foot Statue Of National Revolutionary War Hero From
Moorings At Hale Homestead
801)
MORE than 40 indigenous paintings, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
and stolen from Melbourne galleries over the past 18 months, are thought to have
ended up in the lucrative art markets of Europe and the US, where supply sources are
much harder to
802)
Woman caught on camera stealing hospital art
803)
The Restitution Law of Unintended Consequences
804)
Valuing Ethnographic Objects
805)
Museum to install talking CCTV
806)
Iraq Museum plunder commemorated
807)
MOA Security Protects, Preserves. But theft is not security's biggest worry;
it's damage from patrons.
808)
A fine mess: Bandit burgles plaque of Ness
809)
Police Search for Stolen Faberge Eggs
810)
MOA Security Protects, Preserves
811)
New rule may help Native American tribes reclaim artifacts
812)
Egipto reclama 17 piezas arqueológicas al Museo Egipcio de Barcelona
813)
Les œuvres volées aux juifs ravivent de mauvais souvenirs au Pays-Bas
814)
Satellite TV host guilty in bogus artwork scam
815)
American Bar Association International Cultural Property Committee
Examines Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up
816)
Nathan Hale statue recovered in Chaplin
817)
SA's treasures worth millions going missing
818)
Gone in 50 seconds
819)
Policía retira cargos contra sospechoso adquirir arte precolombino robado
820)
Peru's old treasures being looted
821)
Reward for stolen Goldie's return
822)
$26,000 piece of art likely became a puddle
823)
Art thieves hit Chihuly exhibit
824)
Artefact thieves ravage Nok culture
825)
Ceramic plate worth $3, 700 stolen from Ohio artist during sale
826)
Santana Row gallery mystified by art theft
827)
Churches are easy prey for art thieves
828)
From here to eternity: Egyptian artefacts
829)
Egyptian art with prices fit for a Pharaoh
830)
La penúltima, La época de los ladrones cultos
831)
Investigan el robo de piezas de arte religioso en una iglesia de Honduras
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Roban biblia del siglo XVI de santuario en Honduras
833)
Government-backed company claims all Nazi loot from museums
834)
Reward Offered For Family Heirlooms Stolen From Nova Scotia Residence
835)
MyThings Launches Online Registry of Belongings in the US at
MyThings.com
836)
Shooting Plans
837)
El lote de libros y láminas robado en Puerto Iguazú vale 150 mil pesos
838)
Stolen Chihuly glass art found in Coral Gables in poor condition
839)
La famille Picasso chez le juge chargé d'enquêter sur le vol de 3 tableaux
840)
NS-Raubkunst - Museen haben die Verantwortung
841)
Priceless artifacts returned to Ancient Agora
842)
Will Elgin Marbles Ever Make It Back to Athens? Martin Gayford
843)
Saints preserve us – statue of St. Anthony stolen
844)
Kashmiris robbed of their rich cultural heritage
845)
Rogue diggers helping themselves to Macedonia's ancient treasure
846)
Restituted Nazi paintings sold in NY
847)
Museum official faces art theft charges
848)
Roban libros y grabados de muy alto valor
849)
Large Shipment of Rare Paintings Reported Missing in Europe
850)
India, Others, Step Up Antiquities Scrutiny
851)
Aydin Ibrahimov’s punishment commuted
852)
Crooks steal treasured family heirloom
853)
Italians seek return of chariot from U.S.
854)
Met's art theft squad has to go cap in hand
855)
Jail for obsessive collector who stole museum exhibits
856)
Education in the field of CP Protection
857)
Handbook helps Jewish families claim stolen art
858)
Tableau de 100.000 euros volé dans un musée à Malines
859)
Lost altar masterpieces found in spare bedroom fetch £1.7m
860)
Recuperan cuatro pinturas valuadas en U$S 80.000
861)
Egyptian statue that cost council £440,000 is a forgery
862)
Dealer changes position in dispute over Renoir-Guino bronzes
863)
Gewissen oder Geldgier, Konferenz zum Thema Raubkunst
864)
Court rules Italy should return Venus to Libya
865)
Replica of prehistoric croc stolen
866)
Foreign smugglers target China's sunken treasures
867)
Man held for stealing painting from sister
868)
Oslo court sentences three in theft of Munch paintings
869)
Four on fake statue charge
870)
Art thieves strike in Vietnam
871)
Patna museum theft: Probe shows security lapse
872)
Le Patrimoine culturel et archéologique national menacé
873)
$50,000 fine for bones used in road
874)
MAZUR/SCOOP: ITALY'S LIST OF ANCIENT TREASURES AT
CLEVELAND
875)
Cleveland return
876)
FW: Conference on Repatriation of Cultural Heritage - Summary
877)
FW: Press Release-ABA Collecting Chinese Art
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878)
Berlin's Museum of Egyptology rebuffed a threat from Egypt's top antiquities
official to block all art loans to Germany unless the "world's most beautiful woman, "
Queen Nefertiti, goes home to Cairo.
879)
Pronto volverán a la Argentina dos toneladas de fósiles
880)
Italy will return to Libya an ancient Roman statue taken from the former
North African colony - a move Rome hopes will help its own campaign to retrieve
allegedly looted antiquities from museums worldwide.
881)
Pakistani museums plagued by theft. * 7 cases reporting 401 missing items
registered since 1996 (38 of the Gandhara items were found in New Jersey, US in
2004)
882)
Thousands of Nazi-Looted Works Are Held by Museums, Survey Says
883)
Three men who worked together to steal Edvard Munch's masterpieces "The
Scream" and "Madonna" were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in the
brazen daylight heist. Both paintings were recovered, but were damaged.
884)
Nazi-looted art: German manual makes claims easier
885)
British museum hands over Aboriginal remains
886)
discovery of an object looted from the Iraq Museum Baghdad in 2003 and
found in a house in Beirut. Interpol in Beirut seized the object, having learned about it
from a TV program that was showing the decor of a house & the head "decorating" it
887)
Met's art theft squad has to go cap in hand: Budget cut leads to vain quest for
private backers: Specialist unit accorded every low priority'
888)
EN UNA GALERIA DE BARRIO NORTE; Recuperan cuatro obras de arte
robadas en Mendoza
889)
Aydin Ibrahimov's punishment commuted
890)
Cultural Heritage Law Student Writing Competition
891)
Top Del. court upholds dismissal of forged art lawsuit
892)
La Policía debe crear una oficina dedicada al patrimonio
893)
Law provides few protections for Indian mounds
894)
Petroglyphs vandalized, tagged with gang graffiti
895)
SoCal man indicted for transporting stolen violins to Europe
896)
Police find forged 'Kadishman sheep'
897)
Candelabri rubati a Bologna recuperati a Mantova
898)
Heimkehr der Teufelsbibel
899)
Le pillage du château de Fontainebleau devant le tribunal
900)
Frank Collection: Questions arise over artwork’s ownership
901)
Namibia. Burglary At National Arts Gallery Thwarted
902)
The people of Monteleone Di Spoleto beg for the return of an ancient
Etruscan chariot on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
903)
Gallery owner has eye for 'naive' art, Unusual paintings are shipped from rural
Croatia - a delicate art in itself.
904)
Manhunt starts following theft of golden model boat
905)
Les criminels de l'art pris dans le « Net »
906)
Profession: chasseurs de criminels de l'art
907)
Currency caper at Bank of Canada leaves cash till short
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Ending: Thu May 31 13:39:22 CEST 2007
Messages: 160
908)
Einbruch in See-Villa, Kunstdiebstahl nach elf Monaten geklärt
909)
What the education of the two apples of my eye has to do with looted art
910)
Nearly 100,000 Historical Sites Dot Saudi Landscape
911)
‘Bold’ thefts investigated
912)
Pictures stolen from antiques shop
913)
Heist or hoax? Museum's prized sculpture swiped
914)
Shelby White in Center Court at the Met
915)
Kunstraub bei Makler
916)
Egypt will request loan of artifacts
917)
Man arrested after stolen statue of horse found in his garage
918)
Buddhist monastery faces threat from smugglers
919)
Sólo el narco supera en ganancias al robo de arte prehispánico
920)
Germany. Mannheimer Kunstdieb hat mit Bestnote promoviert
921)
D.C. officials will spend $15 million to $20 million to repair the Georgetown
public library damaged this week in a three-alarm fire.
922)
His mission -- to save art looted by Nazis. Here's how he did it.
923)
Germany. Anwalt gesteht Spitzweg-Diebstahl (Lawyer admits theft of
Spitzweg painting). 500000-Euro-Gemälde aus Mannheimer Kunsthalle
entwendet/Prozess vor Landgericht.
924)
The heir of a Jewish art dealer Goudstikker whose entire collection was looted
by Nazi troops during World War II is suing a US museum that acquired two of the
stolen paintings more than 35 years ago.
925)
Washington DC: Library fire likely sparked by construction accident.
926)
Austria. Salzburg: Vier Skulpturen verschwunden (four sculptures stolen at
art fair, or gone missing during transport)
927)
Thieves grab British Museum exhibits.
928)
Canada. Stash of cash missing from currency museum.
929)
Man arrested in theft of Old Salem pottery
930)
The Tales Pollen Tells. The rise of forensic palynology, a once obscure
science may give answers about the origin of Greek statue achieved for the Getty
Museum by Marion True.
931)
The Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale will close its doors to the public
during the summer months. Starting June 1, the museum begins the overhaul of its
security and fire suppression systems.
932)
Lessons From the Washington D.C. Library Fire
933)
An Aspen police investigator recovered two paintings Thursday at the home
of a Denver man who allegedly stole them from an Aspen Gallery.
934)
México, edén para ladrones de guante blanco, segunda parte
935)
India. 32 heritage idols and artefacts go missing
936)
Germany. Eppendorf Max-Schede-Skulptur vom Klinikgelände
verschwunden - Anatom arbeitet an Sicherungssystem
937)
US. Boulder covered with petroglyphs stolen near Yuma
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938)
New Zealand. Thief has the touch of the Artful Dodger
939)
Italia. Scoperto traffico di opere d'arte
940)
UK. Thieves threatened to kill girl, 2, as they stole Lowrys at knifepoint
941)
Australia. Professional feel to Moruya theft
942)
USA. Bringing trust back to the Getty
943)
Theft is chipping away slowly but surely at India's heritage treasures, with at
least 32 idols and artefacts under the protection of the archaeological authority going
missing in the last three years.
944)
FW: for publication/ceremonial objects stolen from the order of Eastern Star
945)
The British and the Benin Bronzes
946)
PARTHENON MARBLES. PM says getting antiquities back is still a priority
for Greece
947)
Austria. "Saliera"-Prozess wird Ende Juni wiederholt.
948)
Lebanon. Interpol aide à retrouver une sculpture de l'Antiquité iraquienne.
949)
usa. Bronze Busts Stolen From Cleveland Gardens.
950)
Antiquities Returned to Greece by Getty Museum
951)
Indianapolis Museum of Art limits its antiquities acquisitions
952)
Chile. Roban corona de oro de la Virgen en templo de Quillota
953)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts buys million dollar African sculpture
(Provenance?)
954)
The news out of the Georgetown library fire is that the damage is not quite as
awful as was first feared. A fair portion of the historical documents have been shipped
off for freezing and preservation.
955)
Germany. Geldstrafe für missglückten Kunst diebstahl an Bibliothek.
956)
UK. Hunt for picture's owner
957)
Italia. Rubate opere d'arte da mostra a Montecatini
958)
Tutela dell’arte, a lezione di legalità con il generale Ugo Zottin
959)
UK. £45,000 Ringley sketch part of Lowry haul
960)
Art theft trial begins for former Olympian’s partner
961)
Conference report: How to handle executive pay, donors and the press - Legal
Issues in Museum Administration
962)
Famous Dominican impresario is in criminal court hearing today
963)
Antiquities Authority manhandled Leviticus scroll, says archaeologist
964)
France, Paris. Thief steals 80 works of art from the Institute of the Arab
World
965)
US. The case of the stolen statues: Bronze artwork returned, one man in jail
966)
Spanish museum said to be exhibiting stolen Egyptian antiquity
967)
Munch painting stolen by Nazis is returned to Mahler heir
968)
UK. Lowry robbery couple tell of knife raid ordeal
969)
China. Recupera China barco con porcelanas de hace 800 años
970)
At the Bruce, the Art of Deception
971)
UK. Prized Zimbabwean sculpture stolen from gallery
972)
Tutela dell'arte: il bilancio dei Carabinieri
973)
Canada. Police probing link between blaze, theft; Replica Indian village
broken into the night before costly fire
974)
US. Mariners' Museum sues to get items returned
975)
US. Warhol found in Aspen after 17 years
976)
Artifacts pit American Indians against museums
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977)
Germany. Kunstraub in Rheinbach
978)
CORNWALL- A series of tall, graceful statues have traveled a long way to
make their debut at the Insiders/Outsiders Art Gallery in the new "All About Africa"
exhibition, but soon they will return home.
979)
japan.20 million yen Guarneri violin stolen from exhibition center in
Shizuoka
980)
Hungaria. Police recover stolen painting by renowned Hungarian artist
981)
Russia. Stolen painting found in car
982)
Paraguay. Imágenes jesuíticas de los santos fueron ofertadas en 30.000
dólares
983)
Vandal damages China's iconic Mao portrait
984)
Dominican Republic. Desconocidos roban pintura de parroquia ensanche
Claret
985)
Heirs.tyepad.com
986)
Netherlands: Restitutions Committee made the headlines on several occasions
because of a claim filed by the Goudstikker heirs. Annual report recently published.
987)
UK. Antiques expert found not guilty
988)
SAFE and the Bayside Historial Society Announce the Second Event in its
Spring 2007 Lecture Series: "Preservation Imperative"
989)
Peru. Roban lienzos de vírgenes en iglesia de Junín
990)
Nolde's Nadja has reappeared
991)
Peru. Roban esculturas de incalculable valor de catedral San Pedro de Lurín
992)
Italy. PALERMO: FURTO INTERNO BIBLIOTECA COMUNALE
993)
Canada. Bedard’s father pointed finger in art-theft case
994)
UK. Bungling thieves wreck Banksy murals
995)
North Korea. Golden Buddha Stolen From Haeju Museum
996)
"An Obscure State Department committee...
997)
Australia. Angkor Wat relics for sale on eBay
998)
Bulgaria. Antiques trade is second most profitable activity: history museum
director
999)
us. Protecting public art
1000)
Peru tries to stop the auctioning of its culture
1001)
Italy. Furto d’arte a Imola. In via Appia rubata una “Madonna con bambino”
del XVI secolo. Nessun segno d’effrazione.
1002)
They Are Inauthentic, Yes, but Beautiful
1003)
Counter-affects of Museum Raid, Reinforced Control of North Korea-China
Trade Routes
1004)
Sweden. Rare Violin Stolen from Train
1005)
Switzerland. Hesse-Museum in Montagnola wurde bestohlen
1006)
UK. Painting is found 15 years after theft
1007)
Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit seeking Taylor's van Gogh
1008)
Canada. Bédard blames her parents for partner's theft charges
1009)
Taylor can keep 'looted' Van Gogh
1010)
New Zealand. Art dealers dogged again by another 'fake' Goldie
1011)
Canada. Le galeriste Desroches inculpé de vol
1012)
Cultura alerta a la Guardia Civil sobre posible delito de robo de Odyssey,
Recuperado un tesoro de 370 millones del fondo del Atlántico
1013)
US. Art Fight stolen Norman Rockwell
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1014)
US. Officials look to security after Brea statue is stolen
1015)
US. Police Search For Stolen Rembrandt Etching
1016)
UK. Fire guts famed 19th-century British ship
1017)
1780 pièces saisies depuis 2006
1018)
India. Vishwa Bharati not maintaining Tagore’s artworks: CAG
1019)
Perú lucha contra el reloj para evitar venta de piezas arqueológicas en EEUU
1020)
Albania seeks return of antiquities from Greece
1021)
Germany. Relief aus Frankfurter Liebieghaus gestohlen
1022)
Argentina. Incendio en el palacio municipal
1023)
US. Congressional Resolution Honors the Monuments Men
1024)
us. Handyman Gets Probation For Stealing Painting
1025)
German police hope stolen Cypriot artifacts will be returned
1026)
us. Burglars make off with artwork
1027)
Picasso drawing called fake, but lawsuit against Duluth dealer real
1028)
Germany. Haftstrafe für Einbruch ins Uhrenmuseum
1029)
US. Eight Pieces Of Art Stolen From Church Charity Exhibit
1030)
Canada. Bédard's boyfriend led whisper campaign against her dad, court told
1031)
$200,000 missing from Bellevue Arts Museum
1032)
US. Art Thief Given A Chance To Clear His Record
1033)
Frink sculptures given heritage protection in Worthing
1034)
Smiley. Map thief ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution
1035)
Christie's To Sell $20 Million Raphael Portrait on July 5. The auction of
Important Old Master and British Pictures on 5 July 2007 will also offer Part Two of
the Goudstikker Collection.
1036)
France. IMA œuvres volées puis retrouvées
1037)
Elgin Marbles Parliamentary Motion Hailed by New Zealand's Parliament
1038)
U.S. federal agents report that the looting of the world's archaeological sites is
epidemic. One archaeologist working in Guatemala has launched a battle to save an
ancient city from the ravages of looters.
1039)
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1040)
Presidential montage falls foul of Moscow customs
1041)
Italy. 12 opere d’arte ritrovate dai Carabinieri
1042)
Hawai. Burial cave looter faces state charges
1043)
US. Arrowheads stolen from S. Utah museum
1044)
Albania wants its stolen antiquities back
1045)
US. Mastodon jawbone stolen from bait shop
1046)
Spain. La Iglesia plantea inventariar sus bienes para paliar los robos
1047)
Germany. Diebstahl im Naturkundemuseum geahndet
1048)
Mexico. El robo de arte sacro, bajo los ojos del clero: Investigadora UNAM
1049)
US. Custodian Accused Of Stealing Museum Artifacts
1050)
UK. Raiders snatch £1.5m antiques
1051)
An Impasse in Italian Talks Over Return of Artifacts
1052)
Canada. Mazhari wanted tax benefits, art theft trial told
1053)
ICOM calls for repatriation of cultural properties abroad
1054)
US. Felony charge for student in Nobel Prize medal theft
1055)
Iraq. Antiquities Department asks political faction to evacuate Basra Museum
1056)
Tomb Raiders Threaten Mayan City's History
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1057)
Italy. Convegno sul recupero, la tutela e la valorizzazione dei beni culturali
1058)
Egipto reclama 17 piezas al Museo Egipcio de Barcelona
1059)
New Zealand. Pair deny role in theft of restaurant sculpture
1060)
US. Artist Forgives Burglar
1061)
Protection of Elizabeth Frink sculpture
1062)
Elisabeth Frink's Desert Quartet is listed at Grade II*
1063)
new magazine of conservation of cultural heritage
1064)
Piden al gobierno peruano reforzar la defensa de bienes arqueológicos
1065)
MUSEUMS AND UNIVERSAL HERITAGE: RIGHT OF RETURN AND
RIGHT OF ACCESS
1066)
Stradivarius stolen from flat in Vienna
1067)
New Acropolis Museum in Athens will be issued with extremely powerful
long-range 'art binoculars' to enable them to view the Parthenon Marbles in London...
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Messages: 182
1068)
No subject
1069)
No subject
1070)
An Impasse in Italian Talks Over Return of Artifacts
1071)
Gold Bathtub Worth $1M Stolen From Japanese Hotel
1072)
Prosecutor narrows charges in art heist
1073)
US. Suspect arrested, charged in theft of 1823 atlas worth $60, 000
1074)
UK. Art thief in Axminster
1075)
CASA DE SUBASTAS INICIÓ VENTA DE PATRIMONIO ROBADO AL
PERÚ
1076)
Mexico. Detienen a ladrón de arte sacro, en Atizapán
1077)
China. Removal of cultural relics older than 1911 banned
1078)
Canada. Bedard's boyfriend tells jury that he misjudged Olympian girlfriend's
family
1079)
UK. Floors Castle paintings stolen
1080)
(no subject)
1081)
German. CHEMNITZ - Kunstdiebstahl unter den Augen des Herrn: In der
Schlosskirche haben Ganoven ein Kupferkreuz mitgehen lassen - direkt vom Altar.
Ein Fall für die Kripo.
1082)
Austria. 14 weltberühmte Gemälde in Banksafe entdeckt
1083)
New Zealand. 'Meathead' call solves artwork mystery
1084)
Thieves break into mansion house
1085)
Twenty-seven rare 1867 coins worth more than $150, 000 are missing from
their designated storage spot at the Iowa State Historical Building.
1086)
Swiss raid bank safe belonging to late Nazi art thief
1087)
Argentona. Investigan el robo de 12 cuadros de pintores famosos
1088)
Mexico. Roban documentos históricos del siglo XIX en Atlixco, Puebla
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1089)
Australia. Web list to track thieves.
1090)
USA. Police called in on theft of museum money
1091)
'The Medici Conspiracy' co-author discusses art looting in Italy
1092)
An Idea Whose Time Has Come? The model for art ownership protection:
Real-estate title insurance.
1093)
Belgium. Vol d'un tableau de grande valeur à Namur
1094)
Police investigating a bank heist ring have recovered an antique piece of
jewelry that was made for Queen Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Empress Sisi,
the Winnipeg Police Service said Friday.
1095)
The man who was convicted of stealing artifacts from the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center has been working occasionally for a museum in
Oklahoma City
1096)
Ethiopia wants British Queen to return royal bones
1097)
insider theft. A former curator at the Rockland County Historical Society was
arrested Thursday and charged with stealing the society's $60, 000 antique U.S. atlas.
1098)
Find Whitey: the hunt for the man with a $1m price on his head. UK expert
on the trail of godfather suspected of masterminding $350m art heist.
1099)
Italy-Japan (Miho Museum). Witness fingers Japanese museum in Italian arttrafficking case
1100)
Austria-Canada. THE director of the Austrian museum from where a diamond
brooch was stolen nearly a decade ago said he's relieved to know the heirloom is in
safe hands -- even if he wasn't aware it had been recovered in Winnipeg.
1101)
Ethiopia's president has sent Queen Elizabeth II a formal request for the
remains of a prince who died in Britain more than a century ago.
1102)
Colombian court to settle dispute with U.S. diver over 18th century, goldfilled shipwreck
1103)
Switzerland. Fire in synagogue damages library
1104)
Culture minister George Voulgarakis Sunday said that he was seeking the
return of three ancient stolen artifacts to Greece, which are on display at an Atlanta
museum in the United States.
1105)
Police sketches of suspects who stole a pricey etching from a Michigan
Avenue gallery aren't exactly Rembrandts, but authorities are hoping they may help
lead them to one.
1106)
Jane Avoids Rain, Other Burpee Museum Exhibits Ruined
1107)
USA. A small fire at Old Sturbridge Village's Freeman Farmhouse has
temporarily closed the building, built between 1810 and 1815, according to officials at
the living history museum.
1108)
Recuperato un Tiepolo rubato a Roma
1109)
Recupero opere Accademia Scalabrino
1110)
CARABINIERI RECUPERANO 166 DIPINTI COLLEZIONE
SCALABRINO
1111)
Harold Mann's boxing medals stolen
1112)
'Clueless' thieves sell £1million Tiepolo painting for £350
1113)
A temporary injunction against the Zeke's Gallery blog
1114)
Italy. Nel 2006 ritrovati 2392 quadri rubati
1115)
Austria. Stradivari wieder daWiener Polizei verhaftet mehrere Georgier.
1116)
Bolivia. Roban seis lienzos coloniales de la Basílica Menor "Santa Bárbara"
de Caquingora.
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1117)
Canada. Bedard's boyfriend says appeal likely after being found guilty of art
theft.
1118)
insurance company has offered a £70,000 reward for information on the
armed gang that broke into a house in Cheadle Hulme and escaped with five paintings
by renowned artist LS Lowry.
1119)
UK. Park's sculpture hauled away by thieves
1120)
A man has been cleared of stealing several paintings worth millions of liri,
including one by Caravaggio, after a magistrate ruled that the police had not managed
to establish a link between the accused and the stolen works of art.
1121)
The former president of the Independence Seaport Museum pleaded guilty in
federal court yesterday to fraud and tax evasion.
1122)
Banksy sculpture is snatched from the garden of 'kidnapper'
1123)
Nazi-Looted Pissarro in Zurich Bank Pits Heiress Against Dealer
1124)
GANGLAND Godfather Terry Adams - linked to 25 murders - fancied
himself as an ANTIQUES expert
1125)
Revealed: the stolen art found at home of crime boss Adams
1126)
'Monument Man': World War II veteran honored for saving art
1127)
A passionate quest for the Rome Synagogue library stolen by German troops
during World War, a story which could easily become the script for an Indiana Jones
blockbuster, might at last be on the right path.
1128)
The Rockwell Files. Steven Spielberg's stolen painting, a St. Louis art thief,
and a plot to kill Martin Luther King. It could make a helluva movie.
1129)
Global warming, war, development threaten historic sites
1130)
A jury has found the boyfriend of Olympic champion Myriam Bedard guilty
of art theft.
1131)
Germany. Call for papers--Conference on risk management
1132)
Gods on display. An exciting exhibition in Berlin awakes a plea for the return
of stolen treasures.
1133)
In Iraq's four-year looting frenzy, the allies have become the vandals. British
and American collusion in the pillaging of Iraq's heritage is a scandal that will outlive
any passing conflict.
1134)
Italy. Opere d'arte rubate, piacentino nei guai. Manager di 58 anni accusato di
incauto acquisto di due quadri.
1135)
México devolvió este jueves a Guatemala el óleo sobre tela del siglo XVII
Sueño del papa Gregorio IX, que había sido robado el 2 de mayo de 2004 del Museo
de Arte Colonial de Antigua, Guatemala.
1136)
Peru. Objetos robados de la Catedral de Puno no están catalogados.
1137)
Shrines devastated as militants target Iraq's ancient heritage
1138)
Stolen Vermeer/Art Hostage Blogs
1139)
Antiquities Trial Fixes on Collectors ¹ Role
1140)
Faking it. Tom Flynn investigates the world of dodgy deals and counterfeit
creations.
1141)
Over 14,000 objects, artefacts and art works have been stolen from South
Africa’s museums, galleries and heritage institutions in the last four years, the
Democratic Alliance said on Friday.
1142)
Two Tiffany lamps worth tens of thousands of pounds have been stolen from
a former home of Rudyard Kipling.
1143)
Meteorite stolen from museum in Magadan, Russian Far East.
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1144)
War, economic development and global climate change pose threats to
extraordinary buildings and cities, according the World Monuments Fund's 2008
Watch List of the 100 most endangered sites.
1145)
The big business of treasure hunting is selling off the world's maritime
heritage-and it's perfectly legal.
1146)
Eugene Delacroix drawing of one of his paintings in the Louvre Museum has
been returned to a Milwaukee gallery after being stolen nearly two years ago.
1147)
UK. Museum closed after roof theft. Crystal Palace Museum has still not been
reopened after water leaked into the building a month ago when leading was stolen
from the roof.
1148)
Devuelve México a Guatemala pintura del siglo XVII robada.
1149)
Benin exhibition in Vienna - The debate continues. Director of Museum für
Völkerkunde Wien rejects again all claims for return of stolen artworks actually
exhibited in his museum.
1150)
Native American artifacts discovered when Lake Okeechobee's waters
receded are now under constant guard from looters.
1151)
Exhibit from British Museum reveals Egypt's secrets, but courts controversy.
1152)
Preservation of the endangered cultural assets of the traditional Egyptian
storytellers heritage and its instruments and tools.
1153)
Kimbell Art Museum is seeking a manager to assume responsibility for
operations of the security department and assist in the development of the security
system for the future Kimbell building.
1154)
Mexico. Aumenta robo de arte sacro en Tlaxcala, afirma sacerdote.
1155)
Getty's New Chief Says His Job One is to Refocus on Art . Getty plans to
keep collecting the world's best art, and intends to follow strict procedures to ensure it
is acquiring it legally.
1156)
South Africa. Opinion about disappearance of at least 14000 of the country's
art treasures over the last four years.
1157)
Italian police have recovered an ancient Greek temple dug up in southern Italy
by a construction crew who had dumped or looted the prized artifacts and begun to
pour cement over the ruins.
1158)
Saratoga. The mirrored mosaic horse sculpture that was in front of Bonacio
Construction Co.'s offices on Excelsior and East avenues fell victim to vandals.
1159)
Museum of Antigua & Barbuda robbed of historical data.
1160)
Algiers. Pour vol de pièces archéologiques du Tassili, cinq personnes
condamnées à une peine de 3 à 20 ans de prison ferme.
1161)
USA. Museum theft. Thief Sails off with Museum's Whaling Artifacts,
Sextant
1162)
A painting by a Dutch master has reportedly been stolen from the Art Gallery
of NSW.
1163)
list feedback: One of the biggest mysteries in the postings arises from trying
to identify exactly where the untoward behavior discussed in the postings actually
took place.
1164)
museum theft. A VALUABLE self-portrait by the Dutch master Frans van
Mieris has been stolen from the Art Gallery of NSW.
1165)
Italian police have recovered artifacts from an ancient Greek temple dug up in
southern Italy by a construction crew who had dumped or looted the prized pieces and
begun to pour concrete over the ruins, authorities said Tuesday.
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1166)
MONTREAL - The estate of the late Montreal art dealer Max Stern has won a
round in its legal case against an elderly Rhode Island woman in possession of a
painting that the estate's lawyers say Stern was forced to sell under duress from the
Nazis 70 years
1167)
China. Porcelain trail leads police to sunken ship. The ship's existence came
to light when local police got wind of illegal salvage operations being carried out in
the sea off Nanao County in South China's Guangdong Province, Nangfang Daily
reported.
1168)
Senate committee wants museum to change display casting Canadian vets as
'war criminals'
1169)
The US has handed over more than 400 Incan and pre-Columbian artefacts to
the government of Peru.
1170)
Michael Brand, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, has a
problem that won't go away: a dispute with the Italian government over ancient
artworks in the museum's collection. Once-promising negotiations have completely
broken down.
1171)
NSW gallery defends security system after theft of 17th century artwork. It
has taken five days for the theft to become public. The gallery director states it was not
inside job. He may be right, but how would he know?
1172)
Group identifies most endangered US historic sites
1173)
Switzerland has returned an ancient Greek statue stolen 16 years ago and
recently discovered in the collection of an antiquities dealer.
1174)
El Salvador. Cinco pinturas de artistas nacionales fueron sustraídas entre 2004
y 2007 La policía no ha recibido denuncias ni Concultura conoce lo ocurrido
1175)
USA. Nine felony charges against a former art gallery accused of stealing art
and fraudulently using credit cards were dismissed last week, authorities said.
Settlement says Gypsum woman will pay former employer $20, 000
1176)
Nearly five years after Frederic Bednarz's violin was stolen from a Harvard
Square music school, police have found the $24, 000 instrument. But it's unclear if
police ever plan to charge the crooks involved in the high-profile heist.
1177)
Van Mieris theft. FBI experience, is that approximately 80 per cent of
museum theft cases of art are inside jobs
1178)
Van Mieris theft. Freedom in frame after theft.
1179)
In den Archiven lauern viele Gefahren.
1180)
Van Mieris theft. According to the Gallery their security system is next to
nothing but it took too long to report this theft because gallery staff believed it had
been returned to storage.
1181)
Italian construction crew investigated after ancient artifacts looted. Some
items now decorate a hotel complex nearby.
1182)
India. Police have recovered 19 of the 110 pages of a rare manuscript authored by 17th century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and said to be worth Rs.10
million today - that was stolen from a Bihar school library last year.
1183)
Van Mieris theft. Comment. The value of an unappreciated artwork increases
immeasurably once it is stolen, writes Simon Caterson.
1184)
Bruce Museum Exhibit Looks At Rip-Offs Of The Masters
1185)
U.K. An "idiotic" thief who stole a 17th century porcelain figurine of national
importance was caught out when he wrote to a ceramics expert asking for a valuation.
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1186)
Maui. WAILUKU - A one-year jail term was ordered for a Lahaina man as he
was sentenced Thursday for the theft of artwork from galleries on Front Street last
year.
1187)
USA (Virgina). Approximately 14 P. Buckley Moss prints have been stolen
from a Waynesboro house whose owner has been in a nursing home for over a year.
1188)
A man caught with famous stolen art - for a second time - was sentenced
Thursday in federal court at St. Louis to 10 more months in federal prison.
1189)
Norway. An inventory of the Vestlandske Museum of Industrial Art in Bergen
resulted in a shocking discrepancy in the size of their collection.
1190)
Spain. Una familia de Olot hace un inventario por Internet de obras de arte
robadas en su casa
1191)
Restitution du tableau L'étalon Rapide de Svertchkov au Musée du cheval de
Moscou
1192)
Sudanese authorities have arrested 12 people accused of smuggling ancient
antiquities including two entire mummies.
1193)
Thieves are stripping churches of valuable metals at the rate of more than one
church a day to cash in on scrap prices kept high by heavy demand from China.
1194)
Ethiopia is demanding the remains of an emperor's. Along with him came so
many looted treasures, including religious artefacts and 350 manuscripts, that it
reportedly took 15 elephants and 200 mules to carry them from Magdala to the nearest
sea port.
1195)
Egypt has filed with Interpol international warrant for the arrest Ali
Aboutaam
1196)
United States and Peru Extend Agreement to Protect Archaeological and
Ethnological Heritage of Peru.
1197)
Germany. Lassalle ist kopflos. Arbeiterführer ist von seinem Sockel im Park
am Stadtmuseum verschwunden. Polizei sucht nach ihm.
1198)
Spain. Roban obras de arte del XVII en la iglesia de Candemuela
1199)
Jail for thief who stole piece of Britain's are heritage
1200)
Italy. L'opera si trovava nell'abitazione di un collezionista romano. Arrestati
due ladri romani pluripregiudicati, specializzati in furti nelle chiese
1201)
Innsbrucker Kunstdiebstahl glimpflich verlaufen
1202)
Nearly five years after Frederic Bednarz's violin was stolen from a Harvard
Square music school, police have found the $24, 000 instrument. But it's unclear if
police ever plan to charge the crooks involved in the high-profile heist.
1203)
FOREST PARK, Ill., June 19 (UPI) -- The Forest Park, Ill., owners of a
missing 500-pound elephant sculpture say they won't press charges if the item is
returned.
1204)
AUSTIN - Two men have been charged with stealing music memorabilia that
once belonged to late blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan from his brother's storage
unit, police said.
1205)
Is Art being Stolen to Order?
1206)
The secretary-general of Interpol has criticized Norwegian police for
withholding information about the theft of the Munch paintings.
1207)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, under fire by countries that contend some of its
priceless ancient art collection was stolen, on Wednesday announced the appointment
of a new curator of antiquities.
1208)
Thieves take Beuys painting, African art in $1.9 million Swiss heist
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Austria. Kunstdiebstaehle in Genf und Gaenserndorf
1210)
Picasso drawing stolen in Austria
1211)
Italy. Opere d'arte rubate ritrovate in un casolare.
1212)
Gallery gadgets help Mona Lisa keep her smile. New technology will protect
valuable art and explain its significance to gallery visitors, writes Clare Morgan.
1213)
U.K. Several oil paintings have been stolen from a house in Godstone, Surrey,
by five balaclava-clad men.
1214)
Australia. Museum theft. Cannington museum hit by thieves
1215)
USA. Guilty plea in Dr. Seuss thefts
1216)
Spain. Los Mossos d'Esquadra han detenido a un vecino de Olot acusado de
tener en su poder 37 obras de arte robadas y de cometer un delito de receptación,
mientras la policía continúa investigando si el detenido es el autor material del robo de
las mismas
1217)
Kenyans fete repatriated relics
1218)
U.K. A THIEF who took £10,000 paintings from a Holloway art shop is still
on the run - two years after he received a parking ticket while his getaway car was
parked outside the shop.
1219)
Cincinnati police still haven't figured out who took a copper sculpture at
Spring Grove Cemetery on Spring Grove Avenue.
1220)
A painting by Rene Magritte valued at £350,000 and stolen last year from a
south London storeroom has been recovered.
1221)
Una obra de Andy Warhol vendida el jueves por Sotheby's en Londres, por
más de 1,8 millones de euros, había estado desaparecida 26 años tras ser objeto de
robo, confirmó hoy la casa de subastas.
1222)
Policía impide robo de busto de Juan Montalvo en Uruguay
1223)
France-Canada. Les tableaux volés à Bouc- Bel-Air retrouvés au Canada
1224)
CATANIA: CARABINIERI RECUPERANO OPERE D'ARTE RUBATE
1225)
Spain. Claim that £1m El Cid sword is a forgery provokes a duel of words
1226)
Discretion required to protect fossil sites
1227)
FORBIDDEN COLLECTIONS? Ethical issues at the Dutch National
Museum of Antiquities
1228)
US. Art theft robbed the community. Copper Copse
1229)
Czech Republic. Owners of privatised companies may start worrying as
Prague court sets precedent in restitution battles
1230)
India. Losing heritage, an Indian habit
1231)
US. Reviving faded history, Archivists, librarians get help to save withering
documents
1232)
US. FBI says secretary took Pearl Buck typescript. In the case of the
purloined Pearl S. Buck manuscript: The secretary did it.
1233)
Germany. Dem Welterbekomitee fehlt der Mut
1234)
Frida Kahlo still stirs controversy in Mexico
1235)
US. Man could face longer sentence in art market scheme
1236)
Germany. Gestohlenes Kunstwerk aus Frankfurter Liebieghaus wieder
aufgetaucht
1237)
Germany. Kunstraub im Medical Park Bad Rodach
1238)
Argentina. Por el robo de 17 cuadros, la Comuna pide ser "particular
damnificada"
1239)
US. Statue Missing From Cornell
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Austria. Five years for theft of baroque salt-cellar
1241)
US. Theft of 200-year-old whaling harpoons a baffling case, FBI joins
investigation of maritime instruments missing from Cape May County Museum
1242)
Swedish heiress loses fight for Warhol painting of Elvis
1243)
No guarantee Japanese art safe in diplomatic missions
1244)
1st lawsuit on American stolen Chinese relics filed
1245)
UK. Antique stolen from Taunton Museum
1246)
Italy returns stolen artifacts to Pakistan
1247)
Mexico. Denuncian saqueo de objetos prehispánicos en Hidalgo
1248)
Giro di prostitute e opere d'arte, cinque arresti
1249)
US. Shallow Okeechobee reveals pool of artifacts
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1250)
Italy. Nel 2006 meno scavi clandestini e furti
1251)
Italy. L'eccezionale furto compiuto lo scorso anno nell'abitazione di
un'anziana signora. Delle opere d'arte, tutte di autori celebri, non c'è traccia
1252)
Canada. Myriam Bedard's boyfriend sentenced to 6 months in jail
1253)
UK. Stately homes gang snatches £500,000 table
1254)
ALERTA EN TODAS LAS ADUANAS DEL MUNDO POR EL ROBO
DEL RELOJ DEL GENERAL BELGRANO
1255)
Argentina. Roban del Museo Histórico Nacional un reloj de oro de Manuel
Belgrano
1256)
Germany. Kupferdiebe im Museum zerstören "historisch einmalige Sender"
1257)
FURTI ARTE:INESTIMABILE PATRIMONIO RESO A CURIA E MUSEI
GENOVA
1258)
US. Reward offered in McHenry County copper thefts
1259)
Workers destroy ancient Chinese tombs: media
1260)
Argentina. Analizan video grabado en el momento del robo del reloj de
Belgrano
1261)
UK. Gang escapes with £75k haul from art theft
1262)
India. 'Manuscript in London is not Gandhi's last writing'
1263)
Greek police find hundreds of stolen relics
1264)
New Zealand. Sculpture blackmailer fined $4000
1265)
Musician's rare violin goes missing from NYC subway station
1266)
Deutsch heirs call on Sweden to return stolen Nolde painting
1267)
Italy/Sicily-US. A Statue as Symbol in Patrimony Tug of War
1268)
Argentina. Ofrecen $ 20.000 de recompensa por el reloj de Belgrano
1269)
US. Musician's rare violin taken from NYC subway station is recovered
1270)
US. Stolen fraternity statue worth thousands
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1271)
Treasure Act
1272)
History erased
1273)
INTERPOL recommande un certain nombre de mesures pour lutter contre la
vente d'oeuvres d'art volées sur Internet
1274)
Is every web surfer a likely suspect?
1275)
Italy's crackdown on art looting keeps plunderers in check, for now
1276)
Switzerland. Police hunt gang in historical watch heist
1277)
RUBATA LA STATUA DI PAPA GIOVANNI PAOLO II
1278)
U.S. hands over stolen russian documents
1279)
Elton John wins damages over fake statues
1280)
Glamorous picture of art thieves is far from truth
1281)
Australia. Art may have been looted by Nazis
1282)
Argentina. Robaron una pintura, valuada en U$S 160.000, del Timoteo
Navarro
1283)
UNESCO: Decolla a palermo la fondazione per il patrimonio comune
catanzaro; Tallini, perche riccio ha cambiato idea su me?
1284)
Argentina. Interpol busca 400 obras robadas en museos públicos
1285)
Italy. Opere d'arte, calati i furti negli ultimi anni
1286)
Night metal detectors 'looting Britain'
1287)
Fake painting sold for thousands on eBay
1288)
FBI probes hobby biz honchos
1289)
Scotland. Unique coins dating back to 1136 stolen in raid
1290)
Stolen watch haul found in France
1291)
Greece closes net on antiquities smuggling
1292)
US. Paintings Bound For Dallas Charity Auction Stolen
1293)
Thieves steal artwork worth millions from Moscow flat
1294)
Casse du musée horloger: les montres dormaient sous un arbre
1295)
Argentina. Interrogarán a quienes trabajaron en el museo Timoteo Navarro
1296)
Argentina. Se intensifican acciones para esclarecer robo en Purmamarca
1297)
US. Ex-law partner to plead guilty to kickback scheme
1298)
Archaeologists call for urgent action to protect Petra
1299)
Italy Threatens Sanctions Against Museum
1300)
The illicit antiquities scandal: what it has done to classical archaeology
collections
1301)
La iglesia de San Marcos fue saqueada
1302)
Roban imagen de virgen de La Merced
1303)
Roban la corona de Santa Rosa de Lima en Jujuy
1304)
Nazi Art Dealer's Will Disperses Dutch Masters, Expressionists
1305)
Carving found after eight years
1306)
US. Picasso etchings stolen from Bellevue art gallery
1307)
Slow Trip, Downhill: 300 ancient, and fragile, Greek statues to be moved to
new Acropolis museum
1308)
The problem with a collector-driven market
1309)
Argentina. Publicaron un falso aviso de venta del reloj de Belgrano
1310)
Argentina. El cuadro de Quinquela fue recuperado en Buenos Aires. "Proa al
Sol", la obra sustraída en mayo pasado durante un incendio en el despacho del
intendente, apareció ayer en un departamento del barrio de Belgrano. Había sido
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vendida en 35 mil dólares. Al cierre de esta edición, la policía registraba domicilios
locales.
1311)
Argentina. Tres detenidos por robo del cuadro de Quinquela Martín
1312)
Canada. Award offered for medals. A $5,000 reward has been offered to
anyone who returns legendary B.C. boxer Harold Mann’s boxing medals, which were
stolen from a locked and sealed display case at the Exploration Place sometime
between May 15 and May 29.
1313)
The creme de la crime. They're the elite of the underworld, the posh crooks
who turn up for a London gem raid with silver guns in a Bentley driven by a
chauffeur.
1314)
His career in art theft. Lawyer Robert Goldman specializes in recovering
stolen art, cultural treasures, historical pieces.
1315)
Ecuador. El cuidado del arte histórico es reducido
1316)
Spielberg sued for painting on FBI's most-wanted stolen works list
1317)
Museum's ex-financial chief to stand trial. Former Milwaukee Public Museum
official Terry Gaouette will stand trial on felony charges that he drained museum
endowment funds for operations and then lied about it, a court commissioner ruled
Friday.
1318)
Police arrest Orloff art forgers
1319)
Accusati del furto due ferraresi e un marocchino. Rubano dipinto da una
chiesa.
1320)
Nepal. SSB seizes antique idol. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans have
seized a marble-made Ganesha idol from the Nepal border. The idol, claimed to be an
antique one, was allegedly being smuggled into India from the Himalayan nation.
1321)
Canada. Mann's Missing Medals: An Inside Job?
1322)
Warhol Foundation Accused of Dominating the Market
1323)
India. Scrap metal thieves loot art works
1324)
Russia says 160,000 exhibits missing from museums
1325)
Jordanian archaeologists urge protecting Petra ahead of expected visitor
increase
1326)
Picasso's 'Le Rêve'
1327)
US. Vandals strike Squaxin tribal archaeological site
1328)
U.S. Imposes Restrictions on Importing Cypriot Coins
1329)
Art Restitution Goes on Trial. A lawsuit over ownership of 14 paintings by
Russian artist Kazimir Malevich is currently pending in federal court in Washington.
The case is complex, but this much seems certain: The court’s ruling will strongly
influence whether American courts remain open to claims for Nazi-looted artworks
being held by European museums.
1330)
Paraguay. Roban busto del Mariscal López y 30 placas de monumento
histórico
1331)
US. BLM: Petroglyph site taking more damage
1332)
A response to "U.S. Imposes Restrictions on Importing Cypriot Coins" in The
New York Times
1333)
Import Restrictions Imposed on Cypriot Coins
1334)
Medieval plate offered for sale by Christie's was illegally exported from
Bulgaria, Greece will not return collection of unique plates to Bulgaria
1335)
Former Rockland historical society curator indicted in theft of rare atlas
1336)
One rule for the Getty, another for Italy?
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1337)
Argentina. Recuperan siete cuadros robados de un museo bahiense
1338)
23 historical artifacts, earlier smuggled from Turkey, were brought back from
United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the efforts of Turkish Culture and Tourism
Ministry
1339)
Mexico. Investigación a fondo del robo de arte sacro en Tlaxcala, pide la
Iglesia
1340)
Canada. Une galerie d’art victime de trois vols
1341)
Es necesaria una base de datos nacional de obras de arte robadas
1342)
Paraguay. Denunciaron robo de objetos de la escritora Josefina Plá
1343)
Guam. Bronze thieves strip sidewalks
1344)
Neun weitere Festnahmen nach Stradivari-Diebstahl
1345)
Argentina, Córdoba: roban una figura tallada de San José del siglo XVIII
1346)
UK. Stolen £200,000 statue found chained to flat's railing
1347)
Desmienten que falten otras dos antigüedades en el Museo Histórico
Nacional. Tras la investigación por el robo del reloj de Belgrano ocurrido en ese lugar,
se detectó que también falta un cuadro de hace más de dos siglos y el alfil de un
antiquísimo juego de ajedrez.
1348)
Gestohlene Meisterwerke: Hunderte Picassos, Chagalls und Mirós stehen auf
der internationalen Fahndungsliste
1349)
Spain. Jefe de la Brigada de Patrimonio Histórico «Lo mejor del Patrimonio
español está protegido; todo no, es imposible» Ha dirigido un curso de la Universidad
de Cantabria en Reinosa sobre este tema
1350)
France. Woman charged for kissing painting
1351)
US. Artifacts Stolen From Agate Fossil Beds NM Have Been Recovered
1352)
UK. Masterpiece detectives: inside the investigator’s art
1353)
US. Past may be destroyed: Development threatens hidden artifacts
1354)
A new collection of handy tools designed especially for libraries, archives,
museums, historic sites, and historic preservation and arts organizations has been
released by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force.
1355)
Think like a faker. Private dealer in Manhattan, found out that the Art Loss
Register is listing fakes when it asked him about a collection with which he was
familiar. The ALRwanted his opinion on whether certain pictures were fakes.
1356)
Argentina. Tres recipientes de cobre que pesan entre 80 y 100 kilos fueron
robados de uno de los patios que posee el Complejo Museográfico "Enrique
Udaondo".
1357)
New Zealand, July 23 (UPI) -- Dozens of "irreplaceable" paintings by leading
New Zealand artists were destroyed in a courier truck fire
1358)
State libraries must work to thwart thieves
1359)
US. Sculpture stolen from BioLabs
1360)
France. Painting meets its femme fatale
1361)
Germany. Diebe stehlen Wohnwagen bei internationaler Kunstschau in
Münster
1362)
UK. Man claims wife took 007 artwork
1363)
US. Ex-museum aide charged in atlas theft. A former employee of the State
Museum in Trenton responsible for the care and cataloguing of its collection has been
charged with stealing a rare atlas from her previous employer. Police say she tried to
sell book to a dealer
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1364)
US. Stolen Cook-Red Cloud artifacts recovered. Two Colorado men are
suspected of breaking into the museum at the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
near Harrison, Nebraska -- and stealing priceless pieces of history.
1365)
Peru. INC pide aporte privado para proteger fósiles. El Instituto Nacional de
Cultura (INC) de Ica solicitó el apoyo de las empresas privadas para preservar y
resguardar los fósiles marinos de las pampas de Ocucaje, algunos de los cuales han
sido comercializados a través de páginas web por inescrupulosos traficantes de tesoros
y antigüedades.
1366)
Italy. Carabinieri di Faenza recuperano statuette rubate
1367)
US. Spaniard accused of 'one-man crime spree' that netted millions. Police
said the impressive haul - including a Degas painting of two ballerinas valued at $10.5
million and an LAPD officer's service pistol - could make 31-year-old Roberto Caveda
L.A.'s most prolific home burglar.
1368)
Lima - Peru has recovered 18 archaeological pieces, including a preColumbian copper funeral mask, smuggled out of the country and later handed over
voluntarily by a German collector, officials said on Tuesday.
1369)
The grandstand erected by Italy. Why is its culture minister trying to rough up
the Getty? Politics. For the home crowd.
1370)
Germany. 600 Euro Geldstrafe nach Millionen-Kunstraub (600 euro fine after
theft worth millions)
1371)
Peru. Próximo año culmina inventario de obras de arte colonial de templos del
Cusco
1372)
Restitution of Holocaust-Era Assets: Promises and Reality
1373)
New Zealand. A $30, 000 smash-and-grab at Marsden Antiques in
Featherston on Monday night was a theft-to-order of unique and specialised items,
owner Campbell Moon said yesterday.
1374)
Bamberg - Four old-master paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder (14721553) have been discovered in a German antique dealership, 27 years after thieves
ripped them from a church in communist-run East Germany.
1375)
Article about the Pissarro and other paintings found in Bruno Lohse's vault in
Switzerland. This and other works of art were looted from Jewish owners during
WWII.
1376)
A bill defining the crime of art forgery has been filed at the House of
Representatives.
1377)
Neue Galerie in New York shows 2nd major work acquired through
restitution. Until recently, the modernist masterpiece by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner had
hung in Berlin's Bruecke Museum, acquired in the early 1980s from private German
owners. But last summer, the Berlin government returned it to the London heir of
Jewish art collector Alfred Hess, whose widow had sold off the works during the
1930s after the family shoe business was taken over by the Nazis.
1378)
Rückgabe von Beutekunst. Die letzten deutschen Kriegsgefangenen.
1379)
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1380)
No subject
1381)
No subject
1382)
La France rend au Burkina Faso plus de 260 objets archéologiques volés. Les
pièces archéologiques, dont certaines datent du XIe siècle, avaient été saisies sur un
couple d'Européens lors d'un contrôle en novembre 2006 par la douane de Rouen
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Mexico. Una norma para rastrear el arte robado se alista. El Concejo
Metropolitano alista una nueva Ordenanza para registrar los bienes sustraídos en el
Distrito Metropolitano. Actualmente el país tiene registradas y comunicadas a la
Unesco, la desaparición de apenas 117 piezas de la época colonial de tres provincias.
1384)
UK. the £200,000 sculpture that turned up in a fire escape represents a rare
success in attempts to recover some of the 20 large statues and bronzes which have
been stolen across Britain in the past two years.
1385)
US. A former U.S. Postal Service driver is accused of destroying Iroquois
artifacts, including two sacred masks from the 1830s, to cover up damage to a package
shipped to an Alexandria Bay address.
1386)
Una pintura del artista de origen alemán Emilio Span fue robada de la sala de
Historia Patria del Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. Se trata de un óleo titulado Casa de
campo , que data de principios de siglo XX y que mide 20 centímetros de largo y 25
centímetros de ancho. Un comunicado de prensa del Museo Nacional detalla que si
alguna persona tiene información acerca del paradero de esta pieza puede comunicarse
con la Dirección General del Museo al 221-4429 o con la Jefatura del Protección del
Patrimonio al 291-3517.
1387)
Stolen artefacts, lost heritage. Is it right to sell ancient artefacts from countries
that do not have a record of their national treasures or ways of tackling smuggling?
The third international Brussels Oriental Art Fair, a meeting point for collectors,
experts, curators and amateurs of Asian art, was held from June 6-10, 2007.While
BOAF confirmed, in its press release, that the most scrupulous selections were made
from among the rarest pieces of antiquity from the near and far east and they were all
authenticated (some with carbon dating from western institutions) and guaranteed, no
mention was made of the legitimacy of ownership of the antiquities on sale.
1388)
Mexico. Políticos y narcos en el robo de arte sacro. El especialista Heinrich
Pfeiffer denuncia que el saqueo de estas piezas se ampara en la impunidad que brinda
el dinero. El arte robado lo adquieren lo mismo políticos con el fin de exhibir en sus
salas obras originales, que narcotraficantes, quienes las reciben a cambio de dar droga,
aunque los millonarios también las atesoran porque los hace subir más en la alta
sociedad, y los banqueros las aceptan porque saben que el arte es garante en sus
bancos y nadie las ve.
1389)
US. Thousands of dollars' worth of sculpted metal flies, spiders and monkeys
have walked away from Dr. Evermor's Studio Park this summer, along with tons of
valuable bronze, copper and brass scrap metal. "The metal came from breweries and
power plants and recently, in the last four years, I got a lot of metal from the Badger
Ordnance Plant," he said. "Metal is metal. It has historic value for the shape and form
it was in. So it isn't just like now it's worth $3 a pound for copper or $2 a pound for
brass; we never looked at it that way at all."
1390)
Philippines - Villafuerte seeks higher penalty for theft within churches,
temples, museums
1391)
FBI Announces Addition to Top Ten Art Crimes List
1392)
Costa Rica. Painting, “Casa de Campo” by German artist Emilio Span, stolen
From National Museum. The painting has been missing since July 20, but its
disappearance was not made public until the daily La Nación published an article on it
Friday.
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1393)
Irish wax museum figures 'stolen'. Dozens of figures from Ireland's National
Wax Museum have been damaged or stolen after a "rave" party at a warehouse,
officials say.
1394)
Mexico. La escultora Rosaura Villegas, detenida y liberada posteriormente
tras ser acusada por robo de arte sacro en Tlaxcala, se declaró inocente y pidió
investigar a las autoridades eclesiásticas y a los funcionarios del Gobierno local.
1395)
US. A Penfield lawyer pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge regarding the
theft of four works by artist Ramon Santiago.
1396)
Return of Stolen Statues Could Signal Others Will Follow. The return of 11
stolen African statues — one of which was in Hampton University's possession— is
an indication that more will follow, predicts anthropologist Monica L. Udvardy.
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1397)
Antarctica artefact tip-off. Alert workers at Antarctica New Zealand have
tipped their Australian counterparts off to a bid to sell artefacts stolen from a historic
hut on the frozen continent.
1398)
Kollwitz artwork reported stolen. A small etching or sketch by the famous
German artist Kathe Kollwitz was reported stolen from a home in Rainbow Lakes
Estates on Monday.
1399)
Verdict on Van Gogh painting left hanging. EXACTLY one year after British
art experts suggested it was a fake, the National Gallery of Victoria's Head of a Man,
attributed to Vincent Van Gogh, is still in Amsterdam undergoing authentication tests.
1400)
Masterwork Stolen in Australia. A Cavalier, by Dutch artist Frans Van Mieris
valued at more than $1 million, it is the latest addition to the FBI Top Ten Art Crimes
list.
1401)
The Getty will be returning. The decision was made at the eleventh hour (so
to speak) but it is welcomed. The list of the 40 objects has been released by the Getty.
1402)
Mexico. La escultora Rosaura Villegas, detenida y liberada posteriormente
tras ser acusada por robo de arte sacro en Tlaxcala, se declaró inocente y pidió
investigar a las autoridades eclesiásticas y a los funcionarios del Gobierno local.
1403)
Costa Rica. A hole was left in the art collection at the National Museum in
San José after a 19th century piece called "Casa de Campo" by German artist Emilio
Span was apparently stolen, according to a statement from the museum.
1404)
Attorney Melvin E. Gibbs says the Smithsonian and a prominent New York
museum committed fraud, racketeering and conspiracy to steal the work of a
renowned Depression-era black artist.
1405)
Cambodia. The U.S. government returned to Cambodia on Monday the head
of an Angkor-era sculpture that had been stolen and smuggled out of the Southeast
Asian country.
1406)
Insurance company is offering a $5, 000 reward for the safe return of a statue
stolen from an Oregon State University fraternity in June.
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1407)
Beutekunst: 180 000 Werke aus Berlins Museen in Russland und Polen
1408)
German cultural institutions have issued a catalogue detailing thousands of
objects of art that disappeared from Berlin at the end of the second world war, in the
hope of pricking the conscience of governments to return them.
1409)
In a sweeping deal to end years of controversy, the J. Paul Getty Museum
agreed today to return to Italy 40 antiquities from its collection, including several
masterpieces and its prized 5th century BC statue of Aphrodite, a touchstone of its
collection.
1410)
Corvallis police recovered a statue stolen in June from Delta Chi fraternity at
Oregon State University and arrested a suspect in the theft on Tuesay.
1411)
The Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 7th Ave N, was evacuated
this afternoon after an underground transformer blew, fire officials said.
1412)
Rutelli firma l'accordo per la restituzione dei pezzi conservati nel museo
californiano. Che, in cambio, potrà contare sulla collaborazione culturale del nostro
Paese.
1413)
LITITZ, Pa - A $499 oil painting was stolen during Saturday's Lititz Art
Show held in Lititz Springs Park, police said.
1414)
Australia. The National Gallery of Victoria says it will continue to display
Head of a Man despite the revelation that the painting is not by legendary
impressionist Vincent Van Gogh, as thought for more than 60 years.
1415)
Artwork returned, a partnership gained. The Getty will return a fine Aphrodite
and other pieces to Italy, but in so doing gains a promised influx of loans of classical
works. The Villa could benefit.
1416)
Australia. Flop of the fakes. More than a dozen paintings in our collection of
European art now hang with captions confessing that they may not be as once proudly
advertised.
1417)
North Aurora man has pleaded guilty to stealing personal memorabilia that
belonged to Chicago Bears great Walter Payton from the Aurora restaurant that bears
the legend's name.
1418)
Museum theft. London. Valuable Ceramics Stolen During Museum Raid;
raiders left a trail of destruction as they looted thousands of pounds worth of exhibits
from the De Morgan Centre in Wandsworth, south west London.
1419)
Fine art owners have an oddly casual attitude towards risk.
1420)
Italian culture minister says fight against art trafficking has raised value
1421)
Un nuevo robo de irremplazables piezas religiosas en una iglesia de
Argentina, el tercero en menos de un mes, puso en alerta a las autoridades que
sospechan de tráfico ilegal de obras de arte y dispusieron de un plan de custodia de
templos históricos.
1422)
Mexica. Por forzar una alcancía y robar de ella 7 pesos y 50 centavos, un
muchacho de 16 años fue herido con un rifle calibre 22 por el primer fiscal de la
parroquia de Santiago Apóstol en el pueblo de Santiago Alseseca.
1423)
Lead stolen from church roofs to ship to China
1424)
To catch an art thief... get an Art Guard. With the New Zealand art market
reaching $50 million last year, art theft is increasing, pushing already expensive
insurance premiums higher.
1425)
New Zealand. four paintings lost in a courier truck fire.
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Museum theft. SWAINTON -- The FBI and Middle Township police
continue to investigate two thefts of artifacts from the County Historical Museum, 504
Route 9 North, between May 2-16 and June 2-5.
1427)
Melbourne's other big fake wasn't a Rembrandt. Two different directors of the
National Gallery of Victoria have now been forced to admit that two of the gallery's
most famous paintings were fakes.
1428)
Museum theft. NICE, France: A group of armed, masked men burst into a
museum in the southern French city of Nice on Sunday and made off with four
paintings worth about €1 million (US$1.4 million),
1429)
France. Museum theft. Quatre ou cinq hommes masqués et armés ont braqué
dimanche le personnel du musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice pour s'emparer de quatre
tableaux d'une "valeur inestimable.
1430)
Australia. Museum Theft. A freedom of information request has revealed the
brazen theft of a $1.4 million Dutch masterpiece from the Art Gallery of NSW in June
was not its first heist.
1431)
Australia devuelve a Argentina 150 kilos de material paleontológico robado.
1432)
Mexico. Roban pinturas del siglo XVIII en iglesia de Hidalgo.
1433)
Italy. Deteneva illegalmente reperti archeologici, denunciato un bojanese.
1434)
"Rückgabe soll nicht scheitern". Beutekunst in Stuttgart.
1435)
Argentina. La seguridad del Complejo Museográfico "es mala"
1436)
Suspect caught after thefts at art museum. An alarm at the Muskegon
Museum of Art was tripped Tuesday night by a man who may have hidden inside
when the museum closed, according to Muskegon police.
1437)
Last time, it was a museum curator who staged a Hollywood-worthy theft of
Impressionist paintings by Monet and Sisley before landing in a French prison. This
time, the five masked gunmen who snatched the canvases are still at large.
1438)
armed robbery museum. Priceless paintings stolen at gunpoint from Nice
museum.
1439)
Lessons from the Getty return
1440)
'Illicit antiquities': what are the issues? (David Gill: Discussion of the
archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities.)
1441)
PHILADELPHIA Police barricaded streets around the Philadelphia Museum
of Art Monday evening to conduct an emergency preparedness drill.
1442)
Ile Maurice. Vol des yeux d'une statuette de déesse dans un temple.
1443)
Museum Theft, Nice, France. Armed Riviera gang steal famous paintings ‘to
order’. Police said that the thieves could be aiming to ransom the stolen works from
the insurance firm company that would have to pay out for the robbery.
1444)
Latest: police recovered two stolen Picasso paintings.
1445)
FW: Cyprus Import Restrictions Signing Ceremony
1446)
Spain. Heartless vandals have destroyed cave paintings dating back thousands
of years with graffiti.
1447)
French investigators recovered two Picasso paintings and a drawing that were
stolen from the home of the artist's granddaughter in an overnight heist in February, a
police official said Tuesday.
1448)
Booming Market of Antiques. To match this almost insatiable demand,
smugglers and looters have been increasingly active.
1449)
Paris, France. Les voleurs de Picasso arrêtés à Paris: des "professionnels" du
marché noir
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1450)
How the Philadelphia Art Museum area emergency drill was anounced in
advance.
1451)
300-yr-old rare Quran seized
1452)
La France, championne des vols d'art
1453)
FW: Cyprus Import Restrictions Signing Ceremony
1454)
Kunsthaus Zürich veranstaltet «Art Attack» - eine Kunsthausnacht zum
Thema Kunstraub, Attentate und ihre Motive.
1455)
Mexico. Detienen a taxista por robar violín.
1456)
Fortuitous Circumstances Result in Recovery of $60,000 Atlas. (It's really
sad. Every time you hear about the very people who should be protecting the rarities
being involved in their theft, it's so discouraging.)
1457)
Hungary. Man claims controversial painting was stolen.
1458)
A £1MILLION home was burgled and a valuable painting stolen - days after
appearing on a TV property show.
1459)
The owners of a new art gallery in Henderson were hoping to celebrate their
grand opening later this week, but those plans are on hold after burglars made off with
nearly fifty paintings.
1460)
UK. ORNAMENTS worth more than £4,000 have been stolen from a
Leamington house.
1461)
Two men arrested for stealing Picasso masterpieces from the Paris flat of the
artist's granddaughter, were on the verge of striking a deal to sell the works, police
said on Wednesday.
1462)
Auf der Spur gestohlener Kunstwerke.
1463)
Feds Find Napoleon III's Missing Gun. Weapon Reportedly Posted for Sale
on Internet Decades After It Disappeared in WWII.
1464)
Iraqi National Library's director appeals to the U.S. and Iraqi militaries to
leave his books and archives out of the fight, warning their recent occupation of the
building had put one of the nation's most important cultural institutions at risk.
1465)
FW: Cyprus Import Restrictions Signing Ceremony
1466)
A stolen4, 500-year-old Egyptian relic that was to be included in a Christie's
auction last year was returned to the consulate yesterday and will soon head to Egypt,
officials said.
1467)
Spain. Detenida una pareja por robar arte sacro en la iglesia de Talladell. Los
Mossos iniciaron una investigación a principios de mes después de detectar varios
robos de objetos religiosos con un fuerte valor histórico.
1468)
Stolen by Stalin. A new chapter is about to begin in the story of art looting
during World War II.
1469)
French police hold 2 suspects over Picasso theft. Slight damage to works from
careless handling, say police
1470)
Painted into a corner by forgers. Malaysian artists are no longer starving, but
now they have to contend with a problem worse than obscurity — forgery.
1471)
Marias Fingerprints?
1472)
Malaysia. Antique Buddha statues stolen from gallery.
1473)
‘Antique Hunter’ shares secrets
1474)
Witness appeal follows Knaresborough art theft [Monday 13 August 2007]
1475)
Mexico. Robo de arte sacro, una de las actividades ilícitas más lucrativas
1476)
Thieves make off with 7 bronze statues from Sunshine Ranches neighborhood
since March
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1477)
Two historic rings have been stolen from Somerset County Museum in
Taunton.
1478)
Mexico. El robo de arte sacro en Zacatecas
1479)
Iran Thwarts Giant Antique Theft
1480)
FBI snaps up Napoleon III’s gun from online sales site
1481)
MSN submission
1482)
6000-year-old Shad Qoli prehistoric site totally bulldozed in central Iran
1483)
Seeing Is Believing? Is this a real Jackson Pollock? A mysterious trove of
pictures rocks the art world.
1484)
Opere d'arte trafugate. Denunciato antiquario.Teneva esposto in un negozio di
antiquariato a Campobasso una pala d'altare risultata rubata
1485)
US. A Clinton County Historical Association board member is facing a felony
charge for allegedly stealing items from a Civil War-era collection to sell on eBay.
1486)
Hawaii. AA former art gallery employee wanted for questioning about the
theft of $50, 500 worth of artwork was arrested last night in Kapolei.
1487)
US. New Jersey woman pleads guilty to stealing rare atlas from Rockland
Historical Society
1488)
America's Commitment to Safeguarding Heritage
1489)
The Monteleone Chariot at the Met - a forgery?
1490)
Hawaii, Kapolei. Art theft suspects released pending investigation
1491)
Germany and Poland bicker over cultural treasures evacuated from Berlin
during war
1492)
Another art theft. Two charcoal drawings by James Kloiber
1493)
Monumentali blocchi di marmo istoriato strappati alle mani dei tombaroli e al
mercato clandestino. Dopo le indagini della Soprintendenza è ora possibile tentare la
ricomposizione
1494)
Mexico. Narco y robo de arte sacro: iguales rutas
1495)
Mozart work brings discord to Germany and Poland. The manuscript on
which Mozart wrote with a quill his Piano Concerto No 27 in B-flat is held, within
green velvet covers, in a university library in Krakow, Poland. And that makes it,
according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the "last German prisonersof-war".
1496)
Reward offered for return of century-old $30K violin. Kao Zhou left the
violin, which is 106 years old and worth about $30, 000, in a practice room at the
western Manitoba university on Tuesday.
1497)
Canada. A massive stone bowl believed to be between 4, 000 and 6, 000 years
old has been stolen from a beach on Mayne Island, an area belonging to the Tsartlip
First Nation.
1498)
France. L'Office central de lutte contre le trafic des biens culturels (OCBC),
qui vient d'épingler les voleurs de trois Picasso, est mobilisé par le récent casse au
musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice.
1499)
UK. Three micro sculptures worth half a million pounds which were stolen
six years ago have turned up at a car boot sale for £20. Artist Willard Wigan thought
he had lost his prized work forever after they were stolen at a London exhibition in
2001.
1500)
US. This is the anniversary of the theft of the Jesus painting that hung inside
Bridgeport High School.
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1501)
US. An art collector who claims that $1million worth of his paintings were
stolen from the Joseph Filippi Winery last year has filed a lawsuit accusing the vintner
of lax security.
1502)
US. CBS, Bruckheimer hunting for treasure
1503)
America's Commitment to Safeguarding Heritage
1504)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An art collector who claims that $1million
worth of his paintings were stolen from the Joseph Filippi Winery last year has filed a
lawsuit accusing the vintner of lax security.
1505)
Más de 10 mil sitios arqueológicos mexicanos fueron saqueados en siete años
1506)
Oregon police are seeking information through the Crime Stopper program
about a burglary in the 3500 block of Maryallen Drive, sometime between July 4 and
July 6.
1507)
Mexico. Robo de arte sacro y objetos prehispánicos, por falta de un catálogo
nacional.
1508)
Mexico. Piden controlar robo de objetos de arte.
1509)
Italy. Furto d'arte al Buon Pastore.
1510)
Santa Fe. A Hopi disc pot is missing from the Museum of American Indian
Arts and Culture.
1511)
SAFE Post on America's Commitment to Safeguarding Heritage-- More on
Restrictions on Coins of Cypriot Types
1512)
Australia. THE Art Gallery of NSW has ignored police advice to offer a
reward which could secure the return of a $1.4 million painting stolen in an
embarrassing theft.
1513)
U.K. A CLAMPDOWN on rogue scrap metal dealers has been launched by
police.
1514)
U.K. Museum theft. The Royal Pavilion estate has had four exhibits worth
tens of thousands of pounds stolen in two raids this summer, The Argus can reveal.
1515)
Memphuias. Museum Theft. Man caught on tape stealing the King's gun.
1516)
Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said a stolen 4, 500-year-old
Egyptian relic that was to be included in a New York Christie's auction last year has
come back home.
1517)
Museum theft. BENTONSPORT -- A thief stole about 650 arrowheads from a
Bentonsport museum, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff's office.
1518)
Commentary: SAFE's praise for Cyprus Restrictions
1519)
Vernielingen beelden in Mijdrecht / Opnieuw is een beeld gestolen in
Mijdrecht.
1520)
Museum theft. handgun owned by Elvis Presley that was stolen from the Elvis
After Dark Museum in Memphis last week has been found by a man cleaning portable
toilets behind the exhibit.
1521)
Art Theft: Most Famous Cases in History.
1522)
Coins, Cyprus, and the Coin Dealer Lobby
1523)
Canadians won't give up Taylor's van Gogh painting
1524)
German returns "cursed" stolen Pharaonic carving.
1525)
El 22 de agosto se cumplieron 96 años del que se considera el mayor robo de
arte del siglo XX, una saga de la vida real ante la cual palidecen los prodigios de la
imaginación de plumas como la de Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan
Doyle o Rafa
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Argentina. El Complejo Museográfico "Enrique Udaondo", de Luján, sufrió
un nuevo robo el fin de semana pasado. Tras la desaparición, el 17 de julio, de tres
voluminosas y pesadas ollas de bronce, ahora faltaron monedas antiguas.
1527)
A Polish count laid claim Wednesday to a medieval cross fished out of a trash
container in Austria, saying it had been stolen from his family by the Nazis.
1528)
Utah. Cops investigating theft of $40k in exotic hides, other animal parts.
1529)
Group issues list of endangered Peruvian artifacts, urges public to be on alert.
1530)
Museum Theft. Insider theft. The Uşak Museum had its Hippocampus brooch
stolen last year. After the theft and the arrest of the museum's curator, it was
discovered that 38 other gold artifacts disappeared from the safe within a single year.
1531)
Im so genannten Beutekunst-Streit haben die Polen Recht. Deutschland wirft
dem ehemaligen Kriegsgegner Polen vor, deutsche Kulturgüter geraubt zu haben und
fordert die Beutekunst zurück. Aber: In Polen gibt es gar keine «Beutekunst».
1532)
Busca la Cámara de Diputados proteger patrimonio histórico de México.
1533)
New Zealand. An opportunistic thief is suspected of stealing a valuable Ralph
Hotere oil painting from a Queenstown art gallery.
1534)
U.K. Police have been informed of an internet claim that jewellery taken from
a locked drawer in Brighton Museum last Friday has been sold to a dealer in London's
Portobello Road and will be auctioned in the US.
1535)
California. Art heist leaves empty wall, hefty bill. Plein Air painting stolen;
two women had expressed interest.
1536)
The press yesterday incorrectly reported that 38 artifacts were stolen from the
Archaeology Museum of Uşak, said Kayhan Kavaş, Uşak's governor who claims there
has been no burglary.
1537)
Missing Constable sketch is found
1538)
Response to N. Elkins Post on Cyprus, Coins and the Coin Dealer Lobby
1539)
Metalldiebe erbeuten wertvolles Kunstwerk Aus Hamburger
Landesvertretung verschwand über Nacht eine 250 Kilo schwere Installation.
1540)
U.K. A painting by one of Northern Ireland's most illustrious artists has been
stolen from a County Down hotel.
1541)
Argentina. Bahía Blanca: roban el busto de Sarmiento. Estaba ubicada en una
plaza del barrio Palihue. Suponen que la sustrajeron para fundir el bronce.
1542)
Una reliquia fue robada de la basílica de San Francisco
1543)
Chicago. A 5-foot-long brass rifle, last seen in the possession of a grizzled
Iroquois fur trapper, has mysteriously vanished from a Lombard office complex.
1544)
Misterio en la Biblioteca. Esta semana se ha perpetrado en la Biblioteca
Nacional un robo altamente cualificado. Un caso digno de Sherlock Holmes. No
estamos acostumbrados en Madrid a semejantes manjares de intriga ilustrada.
1545)
Germany. Kunstkrimi um Cranach-Altar.
1546)
Israel Museum launches site for works stolen in WWII
1547)
Mumbai, August 26: As an art buyer, besides the usual questions of where,
who and what to buy, there are a host of other concerns and issues of which one has to
be cognizant.
1548)
Boek review (novel). THE ART THIEF. By Noah Charney
1549)
La Grèce en feu : les incendies continuent leurs ravages. La situation
dimanche soir était jugée inquiétante à 3 km de l'Ancienne Olympie. Les flammes, qui
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ont atteint les faubourgs de la ville ont brûlé plusieurs maisons et se sont rapprochées
très près du Centre des congrès, du Musée et autres bâtiments du site archéologique.
1550)
Greece. Forest fires raged out of control in Greece for a fourth day, killing at
least 63 people and scorching the grounds of Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic
games.
1551)
Dimite directora de Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid por robo de mapas. Rosa
Regás tomó la decisión luego de la pérdida de dos mapamundis del siglo XV que la
dependencia resguardaba; considera que carece de la confianza del ministro de
Cultura.
1552)
Tourist in Russia Stumbles Into a Legal Predicament
1553)
Yemeni authorities Friday blocked two attempts to smuggle artifacts onto
airplanes at Sanaa International Airport.
1554)
Spain. Regás deja la Biblioteca Nacional por falta de confianza del ministro.
1555)
Detectives have renewed an appeal for information about the theft of a
Leonardo da Vinci painting from a castle exactly four years ago. Madonna with the
Yarnwinder was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle, near Thornhill, in Dumfries and
Galloway in 2003.
1556)
MYSTERY surrounds the theft of a painting by one of Northern Ireland's
most respected artists from the prestigious Culloden Hotel in Co Down.
1557)
Firefighters in Greece narrowly saved the ruins of Olympia from the wildfires
that spread across the island nation over the weekend.Can ancient ruins catch on fire?
1558)
Rome. Fire breaks out at Purgatory Museum.
1559)
Germany, Poland Fight Over Manuscripts. Priceless manuscript at a Polish
library shows how Mozart wrote down his Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major neat, small notes, no corrections.
1560)
The International Council of Museums, issuing a list of endangered Peruvian
artifacts, appealed to authorities, the art world and the general public to be on the alert.
1561)
DENVER (KWGN) - Fossils more than three million years old have been
stolen from a lab room at the University of Colorado at Denver. Primate teeth were on
loan from African government.
1562)
The Canadians who claim that Elizabeth Taylor has their great-grandmother's
Vincent van Gogh painting are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
1563)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- The Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth
will be closed for more than a month because of water damage.
1564)
Franklin (Mass) Library's treasured murals at risk.
1565)
Italy has dropped a legal suit against the Getty museum after the US art
institution agreed to return 40 items Rome believes were stolen and smuggled out of
the country.
1566)
Will Finders Be Keepers of Salvaged Treasure? 17-Ton Haul of Silver and
Gold From Atlantic Pits U.S. Firm Against Spain.
1567)
Museum fire. Fire Damages Boston Tea Party Museum.
1568)
The director of Spain's national library resigned from her post. Resignation
comes two days after the library announced the theft of two maps of the world by
Greek geographer Ptolemy.
1569)
Who owns the sunken treasures? Comment by Koichiro Matsuura, directorgeneral of UNESCO.
1570)
Will Finders Be Keepers of Salvaged Treasure?
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1571)
Fires wreak destruction in Greece for a fourth day
1572)
Sweden should hand back booty taken from Denmark during wars in 17th and
18th centuries, a Danish Member of Parliament has said.
1573)
Museum thefts prompt union demand. A union is calling for five new
members of staff in order to improve security levels at Brighton's Royal Pavilion.
1574)
Mexico. Roban obras de arte sacro en parroquia del Edomex.
1575)
Poland preparing position on art treasures lost or looted in WWII
1576)
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Medici Conspiracy' Details Web of Deceit of
Museums, Tomb Robbers, Dealers and Antiquities of Dubious Provenance.
1577)
Poland may demand $20 billion for Nazi destruction of art treasures.
1578)
Gedichte und Aquatinta für Anna Amalia
1579)
Lucy Makes Curator Target of Criticism. Paleoanthropologists have been
outraged by the decision to take Lucy out of Ethiopia, saying the fragile skeleton may
be damaged irreparably during the journey to a very profitable show for the museum.
1580)
Museum fire. Iowa. Fire damages buildings at Living History Farm.
1581)
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1596)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia antiques dealer who was
a regular on the popular PBS television series "Antiques Roadshow" has pleaded
guilty to theft charges.
1597)
Germany. Polizei sucht Zeugen: Wie die Ortenauer Polizei erst heute mitteilt,
hat sich in der Nacht zum Donnerstag in Kehl ein Kunstdiebstahl ereignet. Aus einem
Schaukasten wurden zwei wertvolle Werke gestohlen.
1598)
Canada. Vol de tableaux à Montréal: deux individus arrêtés
1599)
Museum theft. Argentina. Roban reliquias del museo histórico de la Casa
Rosada. Los ladrones se llevaron dos relojes antiguos y un lapicera de oro.
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Museum theft. Argentina. Cierran museo de Luján tras el robo de valiosas
monedas.
1601)
La historia robada
1602)
Library theft. Madrid. Library head resigns after rare maps stolen.
1603)
Museum theft. BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Dos relojes antiguos y una pluma de
oro que pertenecieron a tres ex presidentes de Argentina fueron sustraídos del museo
de la Casa Rosada, el palacio sede del Gobierno, informó una fuente policial el viernes
en Buenos A
1604)
Punta Arenas. Segundo robo de joyas en 12 meses sufrió orfebre Marcela
Alcaíno - Sujetos rompieron los dos candados de la persiana metálica e ingresaron al
local por su entrada principal.
1605)
OTTAWA - A portrait painted of a Canadian soldier killed in June in
Afghanistan has been stolen just before a family friend, who purchased the artwork,
could pick it up from an Ottawa gallery and give it to the dead man's girlfriend.
1606)
Axapusco, Mex., 27 de agosto. Imágenes de arte sacro de San Joaquín, San
José y San Antonio de Padua, que datan del siglo XVIII, fueron robadas de la
parroquia Natividad de la Santísima Dulce María, en la comunidad de Santa María
Actipan, ......
1607)
Museum theft. Germany. Skulpturen am Neanderthal-Museum gestohlen.
1608)
Museum theft. Cuatro valiosas obras pictóricas robadas del Museo local de
Bellas Artes, que fueron halladas por personal de Interpol en una galería del Barrio
Norte, en Buenos Aires, fueron traídas hoy a esta ciudad por Personal de la Policía de
Investiga
1609)
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) -- It's been more than two months and the folks at
the Moloney Funeral Home on Long Island are still holding out hope that someone
will return a bronze statue that was stolen in June.
1610)
Museum theft. THE Art Gallery of NSW has given up hope of recovering a
17th-century Dutch painting that was stolen last June, and is looking for a picture to
fill the gap.
1611)
Museum theft. PLATTSBURGH - After being arrested earlier this month,
Matthew Boire told police he was trying to sell a sword and scabbard from the Clinton
County Historical Association collection to help raise money for the museum.
1612)
ICOM Red List Afghanistan and Peru (German language report)
1613)
Seatlle. A former Pioneer Square art-gallery owner who was accused of
stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of valuable art pleaded guilty on
Tuesday to nine counts of first-degree theft.
1614)
Bad Oeynhausen (va). Die Einbrecher wussten, was gut und teuer ist.
Nachdem sie eine Fensterscheibe im Haushaltswaren-Geschäft Lingemann
eingeschlagen hatten, stiefelten sie quer durch den großzügigen Verkaufsraum genau
auf die Vitrine zu, in der die wert
1615)
Museum theft. UK. An Iron Age sword which was stolen from a
Cambridgeshire museum 13 years ago has been returned after it was spotted at an
auction in Germany.
1616)
Museum theft. Paraquay. Recuperan pintura robada en el 2002 de un museo
paraguayo.
1617)
Art treasures were stolen, Cuban government believes. But curator says he's
'never even heard' of Cuba's wish to have collection returned.
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MANILA, Philippines -- Police are in hot pursuit of those involved in the
theft of more than P4 million in assorted jewelry and art pieces early this week from a
store in the posh Serendra Mall in Taguig City.
1619)
Montgomery. Attorney General's Office Arrests Former State Museum
Curator, Great Aunt.
1620)
Museum theft. Argentina. Declaran en estado de alerta a todos los museos del
país.
1621)
MOULTON - The attorney representing a former Pond Spring curator and his
great aunt said conspiracy and theft charges against them are "bogus."
1622)
A fire alarm emptied the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park
shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday. About 500 people, many there to see the exhibit of
Dead Sea Scrolls, were evacuated from the building for about 30 minutes.
1623)
Coin Dealers
1624)
Art theft ranked as fourth-largest criminal enterprise.
1625)
Two Marble Sculptures to Return to Sicily.
1626)
Canada. Stolen paintings still missing after 35 years. Officials admit little
headway made in major Montreal heist. Were the paintings destroyed? Is the new
"owner" sitting on them, afraid to show them off? Could they be in South America?
1627)
Georgia. Black Archaeology-- big business in Abkhazia. Instead of
discovering and preserving the history of Georgia, cultural artifacts are being pillaged
in the separatist region of Abkhazia.
1628)
Karachi bids to revive heritage ravaged by extremism.
1629)
Halifax. Rare prints taken in raid on art gallery.
1630)
Italy, a Land of Earthquakes, Works to Protect the Priceless From the
Unexpected.
1631)
Italy. Identità trafugate e recuperate in mostra a Parabita.
1632)
Duke of Buccleuch dies, aged 83 (Four years ago thieves struck at
Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire and fled with the 16th-century masterpiece
Madonna and the Yarnwinder by Leonardo da Vinci - valued at up to £30 million.)
1633)
Pentecostal doctrine quickening loss of valuable Nigerian artifacts.
1634)
U.K. Thieves have snatched the bronze statue of Olympic gold medal-winner
Steve Ovett.
1635)
The United Nations 2001 convention on protecting underwater cultural
heritage was right to oppose the plundering of sunken archaeological treasures for
profit. Unfortunately, only 15 countries have ratified the agreement, and the
plundering has begun.
1636)
Cavalier Daily. Greek sculptures spark controversy. Sculptures at University's
Art Museum receive international attention after allegations of theft arise.
1637)
Peru. Interpol busca más de 2 mil obras de arte que fueron robadas en
distintos puntos del país.
1638)
Spain. Roban reliquias de la Virgen de las Viñas en la parroquia de la
Asunción.
1639)
Kolkata: In what could be a huge loss to the nation Rabindranath Tagore's
Nobel prize medal may be lost forever. The CBI is now about to close the
investigation into the burglary of that medal three-years-ago.
1640)
The University of Virginia Art Museum must explain the mystery of the
Morgantina masks.
1641)
Mexico. Laguna legal ha permitido crecer al robo de arte sacro: restauradora.
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1642)
Antiques recovered in library burglary. DeFuniak Springs lawmen made an
arrest for one of seven recent burglaries and are investigating the possibility of the
suspect being connected to the other burglaries.
1643)
Greek officials race to repair fire damage at Ancient Olympia for Beijing
flame-lighting.
1644)
U.K. Integrated security and fire systems for the Imperial War Museum.
1645)
Building leak puts church archives at risk. A leak in a neighbouring
mechanical room has once again put the archives of the Anglican Church of Canada at
risk.
1646)
Israel. Recovering masterpieces. High on the list of loot were Europe's master
paintings and sculptures, with failed artist Adolf Hitler and his avaricious henchman
Hermann Goering personally spearheading the plunder.
1647)
U.K. A SCULPTOR is "devastated" that a second public work of art she
created has been stolen.
1648)
Allein gegen Österreich. Der Film "Stealing Klimt" erzählt die Schicksale
hinter einer Restitution.
1649)
Sotheby's said it plans to sell a Qing Dynasty horse head looted from China's
imperial retreat for as much as HK$80 million ($7.7 million), sparking calls from
Chinese officials for the sculpture to be returned to the nation.
1650)
Stolen petroglyphs headed home to Nevada.
1651)
55 years later, restitution is an art
1652)
CÁDIZ. En abril de este año, días después de terminada la Semana Santa, se
daba a conocer que habían desaparecido dos cuadros del interior de la Catedral, los
cuales habían sido sustraídos, además de otros dos que intentaron ser robados, sin
éxito.
1653)
Italy. TELE D'AUTORE PER 400MILA EURO RUBATE UN MESE FA
RITROVATE DAI CARABNIERI A GENOVA NERVI.
1654)
Museum theft. Armed men wearing wigs robbed a famous gold museum in
Portugal's Viana do Castelo early on Thursday despite the city being full of police
guarding a meeting there of EU foreign ministers.
1655)
U.K. Halifax police are appealing for information after a number of paintings
were stolen from an art gallery on Wade House Road, Shelf on the 2 September.
1656)
Canada. A month after it was stolen, the portrait of a Canadian soldier who
died in Afghanistan has been returned to its Ottawa gallery -- along with an apology
note.
1657)
Mexico. No han esclarecido robos a los templos católicos.
1658)
Mar del Plata. Roban piezas arqueológicas del Museo Magrassi.
1659)
New Zealand. Forger guest stars at exhibition.
1660)
Portugal. Asaltan Museo del Oro Portugal pese a vigilancia por reunión UE.
1661)
Peru. Taking on the tomb robbers. An overdue effort to protect antiquities.
1662)
Museum theft. PORT HARDY - A smash and grab rampage reached Port
Hardy and District Museum sometime overnight on Sept. 29, police report.
1663)
PUBLIC PROGRAM -- "International Legal Issues: The Current Debate Over
the Immunity of Foreign Cultural Property from Suit in the United States, " October 8,
2007, 4:00-6:00 p.m., American University Washington College of Law
1664)
SAFE announces two new tours at the Met
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1665)
New Delhi, Sep 11: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has decided
to strengthen the security measures at all national museums under its control,
including verification of all artifacts by an outside agency to prevent thefts.
1666)
Wir haben den Deutschen nichts gestohlen". Seit 16 Jahren verhandeln
Deutschland und Polen über die Rückgabe von Kulturgütern. Jetzt ist der Streit
eskaliert. Ein Gespräch mit Professor Wojciech Kowalski, der die polnische Seite
vertritt.
1667)
Museum theft. Germany. Raub im Preußen-Museum
1668)
Kenya is demanding that a US museum returns the remains of two lions that
killed at least 140 Indian workers in the 1890s before being shot by a famed British
railway engineer, officials said Monday.
1669)
New Delhi, Sept. 10: Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel medallion may be lost
forever, but other national treasures have a glimmer of hope.
1670)
Queen Nefertiti Boils Cairo Blood as Germans Reject Bust Loan
1671)
Valuado en 200 mil pesos, el busto de bronce del cadete Francisco Márquez
solamente ''mereció'' un pago de mil 188 pesos en un local de compra de fierro. El
presunto ladrón del Niño Héroe, Manuel Venegas Ruvalcaba, asegura que ''lo
encontró'' en un lote b
1672)
Kunsthalle-Chef in Mannheim muss gehen
1673)
LONDEN/SCHIEDAM - Kunstenaar Jacques Tange uit Schiedam is op zoek
naar een koper van een van zijn schilderijen, van wie het kunstwerk waarschijnlijk is
gestolen.
1674)
National Library hit by flooding. Curators at the National Library of Scotland
say there was no major damage to any of their collections following a flood late last
night. The incident happened when the sprinkler system was damaged during
refurbishment wo
1675)
Scotland. Fire and flood threat to our literary heritage.
1676)
MANTEO - A fire ripped through the theater that hosts "The Lost Colony"
outdoor drama early this morning, destroying two buildings and hundreds of costumes
and artifacts.
1677)
The Rape of Europa opens in U.S. cinemas starting in New York on Friday,
September 14th
1678)
U.K. / Greece. Fear and fury among the Marbles.
1679)
Nigeria. Benin National Congress (BNC), has alleged that artifacts valued at
over $100 million have been stolen from the National Museum, Benin City, in the last
14 years.
1680)
Harvard University returned the first of 18 pre-revolutionary Orthodox
Church bells to Moscow with help from the Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg.
1681)
Suspected pro-Taleban militants have tried to blow up an ancient carving of
Buddha in north-west Pakistan.
1682)
North Carolina. Hundreds Of Costumes Go Up In Flames
1683)
CHICAGO (AFP) - A US museum said Wednesday it has not received any
request from Kenya to return the remains of two lions that killed at least 140 Indian
workers in the 1890s before being shot by a famed British railway engineer.
1684)
RED BANK - - All six borough fire companies, consisting of 35 volunteers,
responded to a call of a small fire near the roof of the Eisner Memorial Library Sept. 5.
1685)
U.K. Man went on rampage at art exhibition.
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1686)
Saqueo arqueológico roba la herencia histórica del Perú
1687)
Church theft in France. Belgium in center of trade. La cathédrale de
Perpignan, cible de pilleurs.
1688)
STAGES IN CIVILISATION, Dutch museums in quest of West Central
African collections (1856-1889). Doctorate thesis University of Leiden, The
Netherlands) by Dr. Joost Willink now available as regular book edition.
1689)
Exhibition on archaeological heritage in the Red Zone of Baghdad
1690)
Study on Art Vandalism (French language)
1691)
GLASGOW - The recent theft of a painting from a log cabin owned by
Helland Insurance Agency of Glasgowhas prompted Crimestoppers to offer a reward
of up to $1, 000 for information leading to its return
1692)
French authorities plan to boost security in museums and churches across the
country after a spate of art thefts, the culture ministry said on Thursday.
1693)
Objects dating back to 17th century stolen from French cathedral in Perpignan
1694)
France. Pillage des églises: la ministre de la Culture veut muscler le Code
pénal
1695)
Review. The Rape of Europa
1696)
Greece's culture minister has angered architects and conservationists by
clearing the way for the demolition of a landmark art deco building to improve the
view from the new Acropolis museum.
1697)
Der Geruch von Verbranntem über Olympia. Gedrückte Stimmung nach den
Waldbränden am Ursprungsort der Olympischen Spiele.
1698)
Kathedrale von Perpignan geplündert. Vierter schwerer Kunstraub des
Sommers.
1699)
IFCPP Annual Conference
1700)
Uruguay: cuatro personas fueron procesadas por robar cañón valuado en
300.000 dólares
1701)
Argentina. Robaron dos estatuas de la escultura "La Loba Romana"
1702)
How to eliminate the black market in stolen antiquities.
1703)
The greatest art should not be moving. Serious damage during transport is
much more frequent than museums admit. The British Museum flew 251 objects from
its Assyrian collection to Shanghai last year. Some were chipped, scratched or broken.
1704)
The proposed sale of a rare bronze statue, looted from Beijing by British and
French soldiers in 1860, has run into powerful opposition from China, where there is
rising anger over the millions of Chinese antiquities held by foreign museums and
collectors
1705)
Argentina. Nuestros museos se encuentran en razonable y justificado estado
de alerta.
1706)
Argentina. Roban las esculturas de Romulo y Remo
1707)
TRENI: NUOVO GIRO DI VITE CONTRO LE EVASIONIARTE: LA
COLLEZIONE GARIBALDINA SBARCA A NEW YORK. FALLITO FURTO
D'OPERE D'ARTE IN VILLA, ARRESTATO GRAZIE AL DNA
1708)
France. Le vol d’œuvres, un larcin sans grands risques. La ministre de la
Culture, Christine Albanel, souhaiterait durcir les peines pour les trafiquants d’objets
d’art.
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1709)
Three Longview-Kelso area residents and a Bremerton man have been
arrested as part of an investigation into the illegal stripping of metal from a retired
Navy landing ship tank that was being renovated as a floating museum.
1710)
Book review. THE ART THIEF by Noah Charney.
1711)
Compelling and horrifying story of Nazi ransacking and ruin. The Nazis left a
trail of cultural destruction across Europe.
1712)
It is the death of history
1713)
The Rape of Europa: A Continuing Saga
1714)
Resolutions adopted by ICOM's General Assembly 2007 (Resolution No. 4:
Preventing Illicit Traffic and Promoting the Physical Return, Repatriation and
Restitution of Cultural Property)
1715)
Scientists at Winterthur use high-tech tools to authenticate and verify artifacts
1716)
Sono finiti a Castelleone due pezzi di ottima qualità rubati l'anno scorso da
una villa romana: denunciati per ricettazione due mercanti
1717)
Leland, MI, USA. With winter weather just around the corner, the Leland
Township Board unanimously approved an agreement with the Leelanau Historical
Society to re-roof the museum building and Munnecke Room.
1718)
Yale University has agreed to return a large group of artifacts that were
excavated at Machu Picchu in a historic dig by a Yale explorer in 1912 and that Peru
contends were merely on loan and should have been returned long ago.
1719)
Suisse. Une vitrine de la manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre a été défoncée en
voiture. Trois malfrats se sont emparés d'une vingtaine de montres de collection dans
la nuit de samedi à dimanche. Les attaques de ce genre se multiplient dans l'arc
jurassien
1720)
Met Museum's de Montebello Is a Hard Act to Follow. It was the unflappable
de Montebello who negotiated the return of antiquities including the Met's prize Greek
vase, the Euphronios krater, to the Italian government, keeping an elegant demeanor
during th
1721)
Statues stolen from Dutch church. MEERSEL-DREEF - Uit de Paterskerk in
Meersel-Dreef zijn in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag twee ongeveer 250 jaar oude
beelden gestolen.
1722)
U.K. Church security a constant challenge
1723)
Denmark. Museum theft. COPENHAGEN (AFP) - One of Denmark's
national treasures, a set of two horns made in the 1800s, was stolen in the early hours
of Monday, Danish police said. Experts said the thieves would not be able to sell the
treasures.
1724)
Washington DC: $22,000 In Artwork Goes Missing in Mail.
1725)
New Zealan. Vanished bird painting ruffles varsity feathers.
1726)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US museum has decided to return a lock of hair
and leggings worn by legendary American Indian chief Sitting Bull after learning that
they were stolen by an army doctor at the time of his death more than 100 years ago.
1727)
A moose antler sculpture, valued at $50, 000 and was three years in the
making, has been stolen from the Canada Games Centre.
1728)
Un archeologo per la pace nei Balcani
1729)
Save Tara NY
1730)
Statues stolen from Dutch church. Dieven teisteren Kempische kerken. In de
kerk van Zevendonk in de Kapelweg zijn in de nacht van maandag op dinsdag enkele
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heiligenbeelden gestolen. Het is de tweede diefstal van antieke beelden uit een
Kempens kerkgebouw in enkele dagen.
1731)
Customs arrest British art dealer over sale of Dutch masterpiece
1732)
Church thefts in France. Vols perpétrés dans les églises
1733)
U.K. Paintings stolen from gallery by brazen thief.
1734)
U.K. Two oil paintings, together worth more than £3,000, have been stolen
from an exhibition at a gallery in south Wales.
1735)
Tempers are high among Nigerians resident in Chicago, United States of
Amercia (USA) following a planned exhibition of 220 royal artifacts allegedly stolen
from Benin Kingdom during the colonial and post colonial era.
1736)
Italy. MOSTRE: ROVIGO, COME RICONOSCERE I FALSI D'AUTORE.
1737)
Alleged Houdini burglar faces additional charges. Charles Watkins may have
thought he escaped suspicion for allegedly making six large statues disappear from a
Scranton business.
1738)
One of Denmark's national treasures, a set of two horns made in the 1800s,
was recovered by police Tuesday after being stolen in the early hours of Monday.
1739)
Belgium. Series of church thefts / Dieven teisteren Kempische kerken
1740)
Tribal sculpture show shifts African bias
1741)
Iraq may soon end up with no history.
1742)
Machu Picchu artifacts to be returned to Peru. But doubts have surfaced about
the scope of the accord and about Yale's right to retain certain parts of the collection
for "ongoing research, " as a university statement said.
1743)
U.K. Insurer pays out UK Pounds 3.5m to cover cost of thefts from churches.
1744)
Book review. Weimars Schatzkammer
1745)
Casino billionaire Stanley Ho paid a record HK$69.1 million ($8.9 million)
for a Qing Dynasty bronze, preventing a controversial auction of the looted artwork by
Sotheby's. Ho plans to donate the horse-head sculpture to China.
1746)
Hotel Block Extended
1747)
THE INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF ART & CULTURAL
PROPERTY
1748)
DEBAT ‘Handel of onvervreemdbaar erfgoed? 26 september 2007 in het
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden.
1749)
MURPHYS, Calif. Stolen Model A Turns Up In Murphys After 24 Years
1750)
Italian cops bust antiquity traffickers
1751)
Roban piezas de plata y oro del siglo XVIII de una iglesia al sur de Perú
1752)
CONTESTED CULTURAL HERITAGE IN A GLOBAL WORLD
1753)
The legal heirs of the late Jewish art dealer Nathan Katz have filed a claim
against Dutch museums for the return of 227 paintings which the Dutch State has
permanently loaned to national museums.
1754)
NEWPORT — It has all the makings of a Hollywood film: a powerful movie
mogul and his society art dealer inadvertently get tangled up in an art heist, an FBI
investigation, a political assassination and a courtroom drama.
1755)
Recuperará Perú la huella de los habitantes de Machu Picchu
1756)
Church theft. Spain. Roban pinturas del siglo XV en la iglesia de San Martín.
1757)
SAFE features story: Why coins matter
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U.K. Wales. A REWARD of £7,000 has been offered for the return of two
paintings taken from a gallery wall in broad daylight.
1759)
Just as the Dutch government was hoping to discourage more claims for
restitution of art looted during World War II, the heirs of a Dutch Jewish art dealer
have filed one of the largest claims to date of paintings now held in Dutch museums.
1760)
Le musée de Kinshasa va mieux. Les trésors Kuba et Hemba ont réapparu. Un
extrait d'un reportage de La Libre Belgique mis en ligne le 18/09/2007.
1761)
Revealed: the eBay Banksy print fraud. Unauthorised prints by the
anonymous graffiti artist Banksy have been sold on eBay as limited edition, signed
works, by employees of the company which publishes and authenticates the artist’s
works on paper....
1762)
French authorities plan to boost security in museums and churches across the
country after a spate of art thefts, the culture ministry said.
1763)
Saliera Theft affects museum director's contract. Austrian Culture Ministry
will not renew contract for director of Vienna's Art History Museum, where a
Renaissance figurine valued at $69.3 million was brazenly stolen in 2003.
1764)
Italy and Getty Sign Antiquities Deal. State lawyers will withdraw the civil
lawsuit when the two-year-old trial of Marion True resumes Wednesday.
1765)
Italy will drop its civil charges against former J. Paul Getty Museum
antiquities curator Marion True, now on trial here for allegedly trafficking in looted
art, Italian authorities announced Tuesday.
1766)
The grandson of a Viennese woman who died in the Holocaust says he is the
rightful owner of a Gustav Klimt painting in the private collection of Leonard Lauder,
chairman of Estee Lauder Cos., the New York Times reported.
1767)
The Cayman Islands National Museum is slowly but surely getting back on its
feet following the major blow it took from Hurricane Ivan.
1768)
FW: [Iraqcrisis] Jeff Emanuel photographs new security construction at
Samarra
1769)
News from Interpol: Greater European co-operation urged to prevent art theft.
Checking Internet sales to identify stolen works of art was one of the resolutions
passed by delegates at the conference.
1770)
Why Coins Matter
1771)
Getty to hand back looted art.
1772)
Two paintings by a leading Welsh artist which are together worth UKP 40,
000 have been stolen from a private art collection in the south of England.
1773)
Germany. Bronze theft. Aachen. Dreiste Diebe stehlen 70 Zentimeter hohen
Bronzeturm
1774)
research assistance request: vandalism in art museums
1775)
The Art Newspaper can reveal that Christie's in London has unlawfully sent a
£3m Rubens masterpiece to America, in breach of UK export regulations.
1776)
Slapdash Effort Beliies Cypriot Claims
1777)
Trace Identifies Stolen Portrait Bust Before Auction. > The stolen marble
portrait bust of Robert Liston by Thomas Campbell, 1850 was identified by Trace
during an automatic due diligence search against its database of stolen valuables on
behalf of Jones & Jacob, a UK auction house.
1778)
Adventures of a masterpiece: a remarkable episode in art history. Next month,
a priceless nude by Gustave Courbet will make its first public appearance for 60
years.It will be the culmination of an extraordinary journey.
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1779)
Malta, Valleta. Case re-opened after appeal. The criminal court of appeals
presided by Justice Joe Galea Debono consented to the appeal of the Attorney General
to re-open the case against Ian Farrugia who was found not guilty of stealing a
priceless painting and other works of art.
1780)
US. Penfield lawyer was given five years “shock” probation and ordered to
perform 250 hours of community service today for his role in the theft of four works
by artist Ramon Santiago.
1781)
India. Rare painting, claimed to be an original by Raja Ravi Varma by its
owners, was stolen from a country house by a three-member gang which duped an
aged couple by posing as policemen
1782)
Canada. Drugs drove pair to steal whale teeth from Karlsen whale plant in
New Harbour, which is now a whaling museum.
1783)
Greece. Artless blackmailers rewarded with a sting. Two men have been
arrested in Athens on suspicion of blackmailing an art gallery owner over the return of
three paintings that were stolen from her in March, police said yesterday.
1784)
Cambodia conducts workshop of temple heritage protection. Cambodian
police authorities have conducted a workshop of temple heritage protection in Siem
Reap province to help preserve the kingdom's cultural treasures, local media reported
on Thursday.
1785)
Cambodia has invited international law enforcement agencies to help protect
the country's ancient temples.
1786)
La consejera técnica de Cultura dice que el tráfico de obras de arte ha
aumenado considerablemente en los últimos años
1787)
Heiße Ware. Er stahl europaweit 236 Bilder. Gelernt haben die Museen nichts
daraus. Im Gegenteil. Die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen werden nach-,lässiger, wie
Kunstdieb Stéphane Breitwieser im FORMAT-Interview ankreidet.
1788)
China. La reconstruction du Yuanmingyuan obtient des échos mitigés
1789)
Klimt painting fuels Holocaust claim dispute
1790)
Deteriorating Smithsonian facilities have damaged historic airplanes,
threatened collections and resulted in the leakage of tens of millions of gallons of
water at National Zoo enclosures, while cuts in security staff have exposed artifacts in
the institution's 18 museums to vandalism and theft, the Government Accountability
Office reported yesterday
1791)
'Europa' docupic tracks Nazi looting and the fate of art masterworks. "Rape of
Europa" opens and closes with shots of Maria Altmann, the 91-year-old Cheviot Hills
resident who battled the Austrian and American governments for seven years to
recover five paintings by Gustav Klimt taken from her Viennese family and valued at
$300 million.
1792)
Irish Hunt Museum in Limerick cleared of nazi loot claim. The report from
U.S. expert Lynn Nicholas, published by the Royal Irish Academy following two
investigations over three years, called the Simon Wiesenthal Center's allegations
"unprofessional in the extreme."
1793)
Retiran de la venta un cuadro de Berni que había sido robado. "La dama de la
rosa" desapareció del taller del artista en 1983. Lo tiene ahora la Policía.
1794)
Smuggling fuels worldwide trade in Chinese antiquities. Lucky fat ladies,
porcelain pigs, ceramic musicians and giant Buddhas are crammed into Hong Kong's
antique boutiques, but some experts, backed by Chinese law, say many of them
shouldn't be here at all.
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1795)
Kohen pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday to stealing two
Pablo Picasso drawings as he helped clean out the cramped East 72nd Street onebedroom apartment of a recently deceased art collector.
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1796)
Italian police investigate book thief, recover dozens of items. An Italian man
disguised as a priest and prepared to lock himself in a bathroom for a day managed to
sneak away with dozens of 300-year-old books, drawings and watercolors from top
libraries and public archives in Rome. The items were sold in Italy and abroad,
particularly in France. The investigation is now aimed at tracing other trafficking
channels.
1797)
L'horlogerie suisse devient la nouvelle cible des malfrats. Depuis cet été, pas
moins de quatre sociétés prestigieuses ont été victimes de vols crapuleux en Suisse
romande. Enquête sur un phénomène en recrudescence qui suscite de plus en plus
d'inquiétude.
1798)
Looting of Iraq's heritage described. Former Baghdad museum official speaks
at Bowers about invaluable artifacts lost to war.
1799)
Gerrit Dou's Astronomer by Candlelight is familiar to any fan of 17th-century
Dutch masters. But if a recent claim by heirs to one of the most prominent World War
II-era Dutch art dealers succeeds, Dou's painting will be taken from Leiden's De
Lakenhal Museum and returned to the family of Nathan Katz. In all, Katz' four
children are claiming 225 paintings and two tapestries from museums and institutions
throughout the Netherlands.
1800)
On Friday, Yale agreed to return to Peru a collection of artifacts that Hiram
Bingham III took in 1912. Under the terms of a preliminary accord, Peru would gain
title to more than 350 museum-quality objects. The agreement provides for a jointly
sponsored international exhibit, proceeds from which will help build a museum for the
artifacts in Cuzco, near the site in Peru where the antiquities were excavated. Yale also
committed to funding a program of scholarly exchanges for three years.
1801)
FW: Art theft recovery and investigation-careers advice
1802)
job opening : CHIEF OF SECURITY CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF
PITTSBURGH
1803)
LEADING Tasmanian sculptor Stephen Walker is shattered by the theft of
four sculptures worth as much as $70, 000.
1804)
Disgusting story about Stephane Breitwieser (responsible for millions of
Euros damage to museum objects) offering his service to improve museum security
(German language report)
1805)
Argentina. El insólito hallazgo de dos Berni. La pintura doble fue robada en
1983 y la descubrieron cuando iba a ser subastada
1806)
Malasia.- Roban una antigua estatua de Buda y los monjes dicen a sus fieles
que se ha ido de vacaciones
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1807)
Deliberately set fire destroys several museum artifacts. RCMP are
investigating a deliberately set fire in Melfort that spread to the town's museum,
destroying several historical artifacts.
1808)
DUBLIN, Ireland-An Irish museum was formally cleared Friday of claims
that its founders were Nazi spies who bought art works from dealers trafficking in
items stolen from Jews. U.S. expert condemns Simon Wiesenthal Center's Nazi loot
claims.
1809)
Tale of those who recovered European art a masterpiece
1810)
NANCY, France: A Frenchman went on trial Monday charged with stealing
chandeliers, a prized 16th century statue and other relics from churches in eastern
France, with some later shipped to the United States or put up for sale on auction site
eBay.
1811)
How Iraq's treasures were lost. Former Baghdad museum official speaks at
Bowers about invaluable artifacts lost to war.
1812)
ROME: Italian man who sometimes disguised himself as a priest managed to
sneak away with dozens of 300-year-old books, drawings and watercolors from top
libraries and public archives in Rome, authorities said Monday.
1813)
WEIMAR, Germany (AP) - Thousands of restored books returned Monday to
the shelves of a newly renovated historic library in eastern Germany that was gutted
by a fire more than three years ago.
1814)
FW: ART LOSS REGISTER THEFT ALERT: http://www.museumsecurity.org/art_loss_theft_alert_october_2007.htm
1815)
FW: Program on Immunity of Foreign Cultural Property from Suit in the
United States
1816)
Student enters plea on theft on Berkeley Nobel Prize medal
1817)
Benin chief seeks inquest on stolen $100m artefacts
1818)
Museum theft. Ende August 2007 wurden aus dem Schloss Rosenburg im
Bezirk Horn aus dem Waffensaal 4 Pulverhörner, ein Schwert und ein Gewehr
gestohlen. Diese Kulturgüter dürften während der Öffnungszeiten des Schlosses
gestohlen worden sein.
1819)
Four prized artifacts from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California returned to
Italy on Tuesday, the first of 40 works to be handed over by the Getty as a result of
Italy's efforts to recover antiquities it says were looted and sold to museums.
1820)
Boca Raton, Fla., Auction Gallery Owner Charged With Defrauding
Consignors
1821)
(no subject)
1822)
Comment protéger les églises de la recrudescence des vols
1823)
New York arrest puts spotlight on counterfeiting of Gibson guitars
1824)
Recuperata dai carabinieri un'importante scultura proveniente dalla Villa del
Casale di Piazza Armerina.
1825)
Top officials at Newsday drilled into a safe at the paper's Melville offices
yesterday and found three gold Pulitzer Prize medals missing, prompting an
investigation by Suffolk police.
1826)
museum theft. Antique Crock Stolen From Oyster Bay, N.Y. Museum
1827)
Canada. Fire destroys building, museum artifacts
1828)
Italy's presidential palace will host an exhibit of 40 antiquities the J. Paul
Getty Museum is returning as Rome reclaims treasures it says were looted from Italian
territory, officials said Wednesday.
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1829)
Smithsonian--'Nations Attic'--Leaking Badly
1830)
Swaddled in white drop cloths, hundreds of sculptural masterpieces from the
Acropolis are waiting to be delicately lifted by crane to a glass and concrete museum
nearing completion at the foot of the ancient citadel.
1831)
Da Vinci
1832)
'Bomb threat' at Maier Museum spurs apology by police chief. Lynchburg
Police Chief Charles Bennett said Wednesday that his officers should not have told
onlookers that there was a bomb threat at the Maier Museum on Monday in order to
evacuate the area.
1833)
College's artful move seems more like a targeted heist. In the old days, art
thieves would sneak into a museum after hours, hold the director at bay, then back up
a truck and abscond with the treasures.
1834)
Using documents to gauge smuggled antiquities. Raymond Fishman and
Shang-Jin Wei of Columbia University noticed a huge discrepancy in paperwork on
shipped antiquities such as statues and mosaics depending on where it was filed.
1835)
Arrests after da Vinci work found. A police raid in Glasgow has recovered a
Leonardo da Vinci painting stolen more than four years ago.
1836)
David Gill: From Malibu to Rome: implications for Shelby White.
1837)
Is the Art Loss Register (ALR) useful when it comes to preventing the
emergence of recently looted antiquities? I have been collecting and discussing a
range of views and comments on the subject and it seems to be an appropriate moment
to take stock.
1838)
REWARD NOTICE Marc Chagall
1839)
Madonna with the yarnwinder recovered one month after death of its owner,
the Duke of Buccleuch.
1840)
Lawyer (acting as a go-between ) arrested as Leonardo da Vinci's stolen
Madonna of the Yarnwinder painting is found by police. In total three men arrested.
1841)
Bakersfield. Northeast Residents Outraged Over Vandalized Library.
1842)
Manhattan dealer Edward Merrin was sentenced on 17 September in a federal
case that charged him and his son Samuel Merrin with defrauding their clients William
Ziff and his wife out of millions of dollars. The case against Samuel Merrin continues.
1843)
Need Information about Museum Fire Protection?
1844)
After nine years of lies, deception and intrigue, a rare book was returned to
the Menno Simons Historical Library this fall.
1845)
Instrumenten gestolen uit Bimhuis. Het gaat om twee violen en strijkstokken
van violist Peter Brunt. Een van de violen, een Vuillaume, is ruim 100.000 euro
waard. Ook werden twee Buffet Crampon klarinetten van klarinettist Lars Wouters
van den Oudenweijer ontvreemd.
1846)
Reunión bilateral entre Perú y Bolivia para evitar tráfico de bienes culturales
en Puno
1847)
Dresden Gemany. Unbekannte haben am späten Donnerstag Nachmittag zwei
Zeichnungen aus einem Kunstgeschäft am Neumarkt gestohlen.
1848)
Stolen art may be rediscovered using a variety of means - stumbled upon
when criminals try to sell it, tracked down by police or furtively exchanged for reward
money. But usually it is not returned at all.
1849)
A third church in Southbury has been victimized by what may be a serial
painting snatcher.
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1850)
WINNIPEG - The alleged boss of a sophisticated international crime ring
who is accused of theft, fraud and possessing a priceless pearl and diamond heirloom
appears to have struck a deal with Crown prosecutors.
1851)
La tela rubata torna a casa dopo 16 anni
1852)
Greeks Go for All the Marbles In Effort to Get Back Artifacts
1853)
book review. Cómo robar un cuadro
1854)
The Museum World's Italian Sheriff. Italian Culture Minister Francesco
Rutelli has swaggered into the genteel world of antiquities like a new sheriff in town.
1855)
The Duke of Buccleuch says it will be like a 'family member returning home'
when they get the da Vinci back.
1856)
U.K. THIEVES who stole a block of stone thinking it was a rare ichthyosaur
fossil are in for a big surprise.
1857)
NICOSIA, Cyprus: Cypriot police seized ancient gold and other artifacts
dating up to 3, 000 years back and arrested six suspected smugglers in a sting
operation Friday, authorities said.
1858)
British university forced to return 'looted' Iraq treasure. One of Britain's
leading universities is embroiled in an embarrassing row over hundreds of treasures
looted from Iraq.
1859)
Book review. Dark side of bibliomania. The Book Thief is a fascinating tale
of the theft of rare books and manuscripts and the thief's eventual capture and trial.
1860)
USA-Peru-Yale. How Bingham got Yale into trouble.
1861)
Las autoridades rumanas han detenido en Iasi, en el noreste de Rumanía, a
tres personas por traficar con obras de arte de Salvador Dalí, Juan Ismael y Félix
Tabasco, robadas de colecciones privadas en España.
1862)
Russia has approved the return to Germany the last of a set of 14th century
stained glassed window panels taken from a church by the Red Army at the end of
World War II, the government said.
1863)
Famous Monet painting vandalized in Paris. Intruders entered the Orsay
Museum early Sunday and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist
painter Claude Monet, "Le Pont d'Argenteuil, '' the French Culture Minister said.
1864)
tableau de Monet endommagé après une effraction au musée d'Orsay. Le
musée d'Orsay n'était pas ouvert pendant la Nuit Blanche. Les auteurs de la
dégradation sont entrés par effraction en réussissant à ouvrir une porte donnant sur la
rue. L'alarme s'est aussitôt déclenchée.
1865)
Photo of vandalized Monet painting Le Pont d'Argenteuil
1866)
Swiss dinosaur footprint stolen. Swiss daily Quotidien Jurassien has stated
that the print could fetch tens of thousands of Swiss dollars on the black market.
1867)
Stealing From the Incas.
1868)
Spektakulaerer Schmuckraub bei Winston in Paris
1869)
Weighed down by the burden of restoring and protecting hundreds of
crumbling archaeological and cultural sites, the cash-strapped Italian government has
resorted to a direct appeal to Italians for contributions through a three-day TV
telethon.
1870)
Detienen a tres rumanos por traficar con obras de Dalí, Ismael y Tabasco
1871)
Call for tougher penalties for art vandals. The French Culture Minster has
called for stronger sanctions against those who desecrate cultural sites and works of art
after intruders broke in to the Musee d'Orsay and damaged a work by the impressionist
painter Claude Monet.
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1872)
Francia debería imponer sanciones más duras a los que realizan actos
vandálicos contra obras de arte, dijo el lunes la ministra francesa de Cultura después
de que unos intrusos entrasen este fin de semana en un museo de París e hicieran un
agujero en un preciado cuadro impresionista.
1873)
Un anticuario australiano pagó 40.000 dólares por dos mapamundis robados
en la Biblioteca Nacional
1874)
El FBI rescata en Nueva York un mapa robado en la Biblioteca Nacional de
España. El autor de las sustracciones se apoderó de 12 páginas que contienen 19
valiosos grabados
1875)
Woman tried for kissing Twombly painting
1876)
4.500 euros d'amende requis contre Rindy Sam. La jeune femme est
poursuivie pour avoir embrassé une toile blanche de Cy Twombly. Le peintre et le
propriétaire de l'oeuvre se sont portés parties civiles, pour "dégradation d'œuvre d'art".
1877)
South Canterbury is off the radar of looters targeting precious fossil beds
around New Zealand.
1878)
US. Three men pleaded not guilty Tuesday in connection with the heist of
several valuable paintings from a Quiogue mansion, which was subsequently burned
down to cover up the theft, prosecutors said.
1879)
New Zealand. Call for action on fossil looters. "At the moment, the
Antiquities Act is very loose. You can export just about anything and you'll be fined
only about $250"
1880)
Chinese scoop up looted Qing treasures in auction
1881)
U.K. A blind elderly widow has been left devastated after thieves stole tens of
thousands of pounds worth of rare antiques and paintings from her home, police said
yesterday.
1882)
A Massachusetts woman has been arrested on charges that she sold a phony
Milton Avery painting that ended up in a New York gallery.
1883)
New Zealand. Five bronze sculptures have been stolen by thieves who used
bolt cutters to break into the Wintergardens Fernery in the Auckland Domain.
1884)
Three men pleaded not guilty Tuesday in connection with the heist of several
valuable paintings from a Quiogue mansion, which was subsequently burned down to
cover up the theft, prosecutors said.
1885)
U.K. Thieves threw a granite block through the window of a Mousehole art
gallery before reaching in and stealing two paintings each valued at UKP 500.
1886)
Art heist targets Linfield.
1887)
French police have made five arrests over an attack on a painting by Claude
Monet in Paris
1888)
Sweden. Gallery Vandals Destroy Photos. Video published on YouTube
1889)
France. After damage to Monet painting security in French museums is
discussed: Quelle sécurité dans les musées?
1890)
Roumanie : halte au pillage des sites archeologiques,
1891)
Spain. 25.000 euros por los mapamundi de la Biblioteca Nacional. La Guardia
Civil aún no tiene los valiosos documentos robados el pasado agosto.
1892)
The sale of Chinese treasures looted from Qing palaces by foreign troops
fetched record prices in Hong Kong Tuesday, given heavy bidding by Chinese buyers
eager to repatriate such objects from the West.
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1893)
A Montreal man who claims ownership of a signed oil painting by Austrian
symbolist Gustav Klimt that had been looted by the Nazis is vowing to press ahead in
his effort to seek restitution for it.
1894)
KAATSHEUVEL - Het kunstwerk dat in het Frederik Hendrikpark in
Kaatsheuvel stond, is deze week gestolen. Het gaat om een bronzen figuur van 112
centimeter dat een vrouwspersoon met een zwierige jas uitbeeldt. Half onder de jas zit
een kindje verscholen.
1895)
more about the Cy Twombly painting kiss: One is art, one is vandalism - but
which is which?
1896)
SMU to host conference on the ethics of antiquity collecting.
1897)
German. Arson at library. Feuer in der Pfarrbücherei von St. Ludgerus.
Sachschaden wird auf mindestens 10 000 Euro geschätzt.
1898)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - Three men pleaded not guilty Tuesday to stealing
paintings worth $500, 000 from a Hamptons estate and burning down the mansion and artworks worth another $1 million inside - to cover up the crime.
1899)
SUFFOLK COUNTY- Westhampton caretaker charged with stealing valuable
artwork from an east end estate and burning down the house to destroy evidence of his
crime was arraigned Tuesday before State Supreme Court Justice Robert W. Doyle in
Riverhead.
1900)
Netherlands. Het Nationaal Archief is bijna 1.300 stukken kwijt. Het betreft
stukken die in 1997 waren gestolen. Na de arrestatie van de dief zijn ze in 2003 weer
aan het archief zijn overgedragen. Nu blijken ze onvindbaar te zijn.
1901)
Oregon. For artist, theft is a loss of self. Stolen - Tamera Bremer's rug, a nude
self-portrait, vanishes from a Linfield exhibit, and she's upset.
1902)
Art History Professor Carol Damian, recently helped the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement and the Broward County Sheriff's Office identify Peruvian
artifacts smuggled into the United States.
1903)
Roban arte sacro en iglesia de Honduras
1904)
Guilty verdict in art theft. Police foiled heist from Carmel gallery in May.
1905)
MADRID - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has located an
ancient world map stolen from Spain's National Library along with other extremely
valuable documents in August, the daily El Pais reported Tuesday.
1906)
No leads in brazen $28 million Paris jewelry heist
1907)
Officer won't be charged in Maier Museum bomb threat incident.
1908)
A former accounting and human resources assistant at the Arizona Memorial
has pleaded guilty to stealing $170, 000 from the non-profit museum which supports
the free memorial.
1909)
Seattle. Tangle of deception remains as ex-art dealer faces prison.
1910)
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1911)
Happy ending for looted Courbet painting in Paris exhibit.
1912)
Netherlands. Politie onderzoekt diefstal uit beeldentuin van een galerie in
Weert.
1913)
Amsterdam. In 1988 gestolen boek duikt op in steeg.
1914)
Scotland. Musuem theft. A valuable picture of a flotilla of sailing ships has
been stolen from the wall of a museum in Fife, police said.
1915)
URUGUAY. ¿Cómo previenen los incendios y robos los museos uruguayos?
1916)
Italy. CARABINIERI RECUPERANO QUADRI A GENOVA.
1917)
Australia. A cavalier frame of mind (about the Van Mieris theft).
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1918)
Theft sends art dealer to prison. For years, Kurt Lidtke quietly stole prominent
artworks worth thousands of dollars from collectors who trusted him, by selling work
they consigned at his Pioneer Square gallery and pocketing the money.
1919)
Nepal. Religious And Cultural Icons Need For Protection.
1920)
Guilty verdict in art theft. Police foiled heist from Carmel gallery in May.
1921)
U.K. TWO abstract sculptures have been stolen from a Cambridge art studio.
1922)
U.K. Work of art discovered in the bushes. A Glimpse Of Spring by Dutch
artist Jacques Tange was recently discovered in the undergrowth and police are trying
to trace the owner.
1923)
Mexico. Recupera policía judicial 140 obras de arte robadas en Edomex.
1924)
Spain. Un beso pone en evidencia la fragilidad del arte ante el amor y el odio
desmedido (about kiss on Cy Twombly painting)
1925)
Ecuador. Museum theft. Roban Custodia de Oro en Riobamba.
1926)
Germany. Polizei ermittelt Kunstdieb (about Christo theft in Dresden).
1927)
USA. Sculpture theft. Police believe the "Maryland, My Maryland" key was
stolen from its concrete base in the 300 block of South Market Street early Sunday,
though it was not reported until 10:50 a.m., according to the Frederick Police
Department.
1928)
Gestolen Sterkselse beelden in Mierlose sloot gevonden
1929)
Guyana. Museum theft. Guyane : vol de deux alambics centenaires dans un
éco-musée.
1930)
Afghanistan struggles to preserve rich past despite ongoing war.
1931)
Athens. Historic move leaves place for Elgin Marbles.
1932)
Die Nacht, in der die Wiege der deutschen Klassik in Flammen aufgeht. Vor
zwei Jahren vernichtete ein Feuer große Bestände der Herzogin Anna Amalia
Bibliothek in Weimar. Am 24. Oktober wird sie wiedereröffnet.
1933)
Amsterdam wil gestolen kunst terug.
1934)
NEWBURYPORT - Larceny charges have been dropped against two men
who originally claimed they found antique currency worth an estimated $720, 000
buried in a Methuen yard two years ago.
1935)
Afghanistan. The treasures of Turquoise Mountain. Canadian-funded plan
aims at breathing new life into ancient culture.
1936)
Westfries museum ontsnapt aan ramp. Op de binnenplaats van het Westfries
museum in Hoorn is zaterdagavond brand ontstaan. Fakkels die er stonden voor een
lichtjesoptocht, zijn vermoedelijk de veroorzakers van de brand.
1937)
It’s All the Same: the Looting of ‘High Art’ vs. the Looting of the Minor Arts
(savingantiquities.org).
1938)
Bij het veilinghuis Christie's in Amsterdam zijn 11 schilderijen opgedoken die
in 1972 zijn gestolen uit een verzameldepot van de voormalige dienst gemeentemusea.
1939)
Philadelphia. Prosecutor seeks stiff term in museum case. The ex-seaport
museum director deserves 15 to 19 years for his thievery and lies, the assistant U.S.
attorney said.
1940)
AMSTERDAM - In de kunstroof waarin Europol meermalen vergeefs de
Amsterdamse politie tipte, is vandaag alsnog een strafrechtelijk onderzoek door politie
en justitie ingesteld.
1941)
Scotland. AN ORNATE window plaque worth UKP 2000 has been stolen
from one of Glasgow's landmark cultural buildings.
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Australia espera el fallo de la Biblioteca Nacional sobre el mapa recobrado
1943)
Ecuador. La Policía pide ayuda a la Interpol para investigar el robo de la
custodia de Riobamba.
1944)
USA. Museum fire. Historical Modesto Items Gone in Fire.
1945)
The Parthenon, or Elgin, Marbles are in Britain. Greeks see the new museum
as further reason for their return.
1946)
New Jersey. Court agrees museums are drug-free zones.
1947)
Peru recibe US $ 44, 182 de Estados Unidos para preservar cultura
1948)
A British museum has agreed to unconditionally return Australian Aboriginal
remains to Australia, the federal government says.
1949)
The British Museum is reviewing its security procedures after an ecoprotester put face masks on two members of the Chinese Terracotta Army.
1950)
Art as a target for vandals: The cost of freedom.
1951)
Disaster Plan Writing Course online end of October
1952)
The Netherlands. Theft bronze statues. De situatie rondom de gestolen
bronzen en messing beelden in Amersfoort en de genomen.
1953)
bypassing (lock picking) display case. Open within seconds.
1954)
FW: [AFRICOM-L] Tempers are high among Nigerians resident inChicago,
United States of Amercia (USA) following a planned exhibition of 220 royal artifacts
allegedly stolen from Benin Kingdomduring thecolonial and post colonial era.
1955)
A Masked Protest at the British Museum
1956)
Festwoche zur Wiedereröffnung der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
1957)
Some broader discussions on why coins matter
1958)
Why Coins Matter
1959)
Should London finally lose the Parthenon marbles?
1960)
Palakkad: Theft of Ravi Varma painting : Three remanded in custody
1961)
SALT LAKE CITY: Detectives said they recovered Nazi artifacts that
somehow moved from Adolf Hitler's mountain stronghold to a Utah storage unit
where they were stolen two years ago.
1962)
Roban 123 figuras de cultura prehispánica Moche en norte peruano
1963)
MADRID - A man suspected of stealing valuable ancient maps and other
documents from Spain's National Library has given himself up to police in the
Argentine capital Buenos Aires, library director Milagros del Corral said Wednesday
in Madrid.
1964)
Bogotá, 17 oct (EFE).- Las obras de arte religioso y las piezas arqueológicas
de América Latina están entre las más codiciadas por los traficantes, quienes en su
afán de riqueza provocan el deterioro del patrimonio cultural y artístico de la región.
1965)
Recuperan en la Argentina 8 obras robadas en España. Son parte de los 19
mapamundis de 1482 hurtados en agosto último.
1966)
Dresden (ddp-lsc). Gegen den im Zusammenhang mit dem Diebstahl zweier
Christo-Bilder in Dresden gesuchten 21-Jährigen ist Haftbefehl erlassen worden.
1967)
The New York old master dealer Salander-O'Reilly Galleries is being accused
of operating a so-called "Ponzi scheme", in a New York court.
1968)
Diamoci una regolata. A Milano convegno internazionale sui codici etici
nell'arte
1969)
TWO men accused over the theft of a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece worth
up to UKP. 40m are private investigators from Ormskirk.
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1970)
Sotheby's Iznik tiles come from stolen hoard. Panels and other pieces are
being returned to the Turkish government.
1971)
Smuggling antiques is still a problem, say experts. Most Yemeni historical
sites are not protected and locals can enter and play around like those children in
Queen of Sheba's Throne in Mareb.
1972)
Toronto Police are searching for the brazen thieves who made off with a 15
foot high piece of sculpture from Morningside Park, located at 400 Morningside Ave.
1973)
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Hasankeyf in southeast Turkey has been home to
Assyrians, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans over the past 3, 000 years, and has the
monuments to prove it. Visitors may soon need scuba gear to see them.
1974)
Norton Simon to keep disputed paintings. The action halts dueling lawsuits
filed by the museum and Marei von Saher of Connecticut, the heir of a Jewish art
dealer who lost the artworks to the Nazis in World War II.
1975)
'Gestolen' schilderij hangt in museum
1976)
Grote kunstroof opgelost. Hij zocht er al lang niet meer naar, maar door puur
toeval ontdekte de Haagse schilder Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk een gestolen werk van
zijn hand op internet.
1977)
Germany's Historic Anna Amalia Library Reopens After Fire
1978)
"A critical look at U.S. media coverage of antiquities issues" by Roger
Atwood
1979)
Octogenarian couple pleads guilty to fraud over Egyptian statue fakery
1980)
Highland Man Facing the Music after the recent hijacking of a motorized
music museum.
1981)
Palakkad (PTI): A rare painting stolen by a gang from a country house in a
village near here last month has been recovered and five persons arrested in this
regard, police said on Friday.
1982)
This Friday, October 26, sees the auction of a piece of Lydian silver at
Bonham's in London as lot 216.
1983)
The Netherlands Museum fire. AMERSFOORT - A large fire broke out in the
Armando Museum in Amersfoort on Monday afternoon.
1984)
One Person’s Trash Is Another Person’s Lost Masterpiece
1985)
Thieves in Italy get 7 statues by Colombian artist Botero worth more than ¤3
million (US$5 million) . The statues were stolen from Pietrasanta, a Tuscan town
where Botero spends part of the year. The works depict figures including a ballerina, a
sparrow and a male nude, all designed in the rounded style of Botero's art, an official
with the Carabinieri paramilitary police said.
1986)
the Netherlands. Armando Museum reduced to ashes. An entire museum
burnt to the ground, complete with all of its exhibits: it is a nightmare that has become
reality for the director of the Armando Museum in the Dutch town of Amersfoort. As
if this wasn't bad enough, works on loan from other museums and collectors have also
gone up in flames.
1987)
TREVI FOUNTAIN: RUTELLI, INTOLERABLE VANDALISM
1988)
India. Palakkad (PTI): A rare painting stolen by a gang from a country house
in a village near here last month has been recovered and five persons arrested in this
regard, police said on Friday.
1989)
AFTER a journey around the world, a stolen 1482 map based on the work of
the ancient astronomer and geographer Ptolemy has been recovered in a Sydney art
gallery.
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1990)
Nouveau scandale à Drouot? La vente samedi par Pierre Cornette de SaintCyr du Pouce de César, en version lourde (6 mètres de haut, 6 tonnes), pour 1,2
million d’euros, prix jamais atteint pour cet artiste, a surpris son monde
1991)
Two on trial over Aboriginal art sale. A HUSBAND-and-wife team forged
paintings by a celebrated Aboriginal artist and sold them to prestigious auction houses
for more than $300, 000, a jury has heard.
1992)
Three priceless art works and manuscripts stolen from the University of
Auckland over Christmas have been returned.
1993)
The grandson of an Austrian woman who disappeared during the Holocaust
sued cosmetics magnate Leonard Lauder on Monday, seeking up to $20 million in
damages and ownership of a Gustav Klimt painting.
1994)
Restitution par l'Allemagne d'un manuscrit volé du "Roman de la Rose".
1995)
From Russia, with some concern. Masterpieces lined up for Royal Academy
exhibition - if authorities can be reassured they won't be seized.
1996)
NAPERVILLE (STNG) -- He was nowhere near the scene of the crime,
which itself was hardly as dark or intense as any of the fictional crises featured in his
television series "24, " but actor Kiefer Sutherland played a peripheral role in things
just the same
1997)
Argentina. El Museo Histórico seguirá cerrado. Para la Justicia, no hay aún
mejoras en los sistemas de seguridad para resguardar el patrimonio.
1998)
Investigan si algún anticuario colaboró en el robo millonario de joyas en la
Feria.
1999)
Ethiopia has started re-erecting its famed Axum obelisk 30 months after it
returned to the country from Italy where it stayed for 70 years, a United Nations expert
said on Wednesday.
2000)
Hermitage Won't Send Art to London Without Guarantee From U.K.
2001)
DETROIT -- Parishioners at St. Andrew's Church on the city's west side this
morning discovered that thieves had stolen several items of deep religious significance
and vandalized the church as well.
2002)
AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands-A fire that started Monday afternoon has
destroyed the Armando Museum in the center of Amersfoort, Dutch News reports.
2003)
Germany's famed Anna Amalia library reopens, 3 years after devastating fire.
2004)
Paris. Reward Offered for Stolen Harry Winston Jewelry.
2005)
NEWARK - A Bergen County man was arrested last evening on an
Indictment charging him with stealing the Francisco de Goya painting "Children with
a Cart" last year, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced.
2006)
Materials Missing At Library Of Congress. 13 Percent of Collection
Misplaced, Survey Finds.
2007)
Noah Charney alerta sobre "el auge" de los robos de obras de arte en los
museos en su libro 'El ladrón de arte'. El texto parte de un suceso real: el robo de un
Caravaggio en la iglesia barroca de Santa Giuliana de Roma.
2008)
A show of his own for the forger John Myatt who copied the best (why are
forgers - just plain criminals financially victimizing many people and ruining the art
trade - celebrated like heroes? TC)
2009)
The prosecution sought an arrest warrant Wednesday for a painting collector
on allegations he sold forged paintings of two famous Korean artists from the early
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1900s. They also allege that one of the painters' son was also involved in the forgery
case.
2010)
Italian police have discovered a huge stash of archaeological artefacts that a
pensioner had dug up to create his own private -- and illegal -- museum, they said on
Monday.
2011)
New Jersey man arrested for Goya painting theft (It was stolen as the
transport drivers spent the night at a motel in Stroudsburg, Pa., leaving the masterpiece
unattended. They discovered it missing the next morning).
2012)
New Zealand museum blasts French refusal to return Maori head.
2013)
El Sherlock Holmes del arte.
2014)
'Communicatie' herstelt van kunstroof. Tolman: "De dieven hadden het
bronzen beeld in een vijftiental stukken gezaagd. De kop van de romp, de stoelpoten
eraf, de benen, ga zo maar door."
2015)
MASON CITY - Official says library needs sprinklers; The Mason City
Public Library has a fire alarm system but does not have a fire suppression system
such as sprinklers, the chairwoman of the Library Renovation Campaign said
Thursday.
2016)
More on Cypriot Import Restrictions: Is the State Department Now Hiding the
Ball from our Elected Representatives in Congress?
2017)
Bulgaria's Police Busts Antiques Smuggling Channel. Thirteen people were
arrested in the police raid that took place from October 22 to 24, among them a wellknown businessman from the city of Pazardzhik.
2018)
Norton Simon Museum keeps Cranachs - for now. A federal judge has
dismissed a lawsuit against the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena demanding the
return of two life-size paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder to Marei von Saher, heir
of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker.
2019)
La policía de Ecuador investiga un nuevo robo de obras de arte religioso
2020)
Gallarate: recuperate opere d'arte rubate nel 2006 da un attico della città.
Quadri da un milione di euro
2021)
Firenze.ARTE: CC RECUPERANO 5 ALBARELLI DEL XVIII SECOLO
RUBATI
2022)
A lawyer who is one of four men charged in connection with the theft of a
£30m da Vinci masterpiece from a Scottish stately home, resigned yesterday as a
corporate partner with his legal firm.
2023)
Haldimand OPP are investigating a break enter and theft from a ship docked
at Nanticoke. On Wednesday shortly after noon police were called out to the ship that
is being restored in the harbour.
2024)
In light of nationwide concerns about American museums possessing artwork
that was looted from its rightful owners by the Nazis, the University of Michigan
Museum of Art spent three years and more than $100, 000 to investigate its
collections.
2025)
Church theft. In Search of Stolen Saints
2026)
Third Key Sculpture Stolen from Streets of Frederick
2027)
The "antique" watch that made BBC television's Rodney and Del Boy
millionaires has been stolen.
2028)
PLATTSBURGH - After admitting to taking items from the Clinton County
Historical Association, Matthew Boire said his actions have lifetime consequences and
excised him from the museum.
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2029)
ROME (AP) - Italy and the Princeton University Art Museum have reached a
deal to return some artifacts Rome says were smuggled out of the country, the latest
chapter in Italy's campaign to crack down on the illegal antiquities market.
2030)
Security to be tightened against art theft in museums. The Ministry of Culture
and Tourism has begun its fight against art theft in museums around Turkey.
2031)
LOS ANGELES-Cao Yong, a Los Angeles-based Chinese artist, has reached
a settlement with Costco after he brought an art-counterfeiting suit against the megachain in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, reports the Los Angeles Times.
2032)
Carabinieri recuperano preziosi vasi in maiolica di Monte Oliveto
2033)
Russia. The remains of a pre-historic woolly rhino discovered in the Republic
of Yakutia in Siberia earlier this year have been stolen. Scientists say it was unique
because the body of the rhinoceros was unusually well preserved.
2034)
MILAN - Not 15 months ago, they were staring each other down at a
negotiating table, bargaining tensely over who should have title to 13 archaeological
artifacts.
2035)
Bas-relief of Achaemenid soldier of Persepolis Despite all oppositions made
by Iran regarding the sale of the head of the Achaemenid soldier, it has been sold in
Christie's auction in London.
2036)
Germany's famed Anna Amalia library reopens, 3 years after devastating fire.
While it includes many modern additions _ like a high-tech sprinkler system _ it
carefully hid them so as not to disturb efforts to return the building to its original
appearance
2037)
Hippo theft has 'cut sculptor deep'. A Wellington man is feeling like a victim
of the law of the jungle.
2038)
TEGUCIGALPA (AP) - El arzobispo de Tegucigalpa, cardenal Oscar Andrés
Rodríguez, advirtió el domingo que Dios castigará a los delincuentes que han robado
en dos años centenares de reliquias religiosas de unos 30 templos católicos en
Honduras.
2039)
selon un bilan de la gendarmerie. Plus de 1 280 pièces archéologiques
récupérées
2040)
Artist Cao Yong settles dispute with Costco
2041)
The treasure of the oceans: rise of the salvagers
2042)
The theft of a number of Lowry paintings worth more than £1.5m from a
house in Greater Manchester in May is to be the focus of a Crimewatch appeal. BBC1
at 2100 GMT.
2043)
Princeton University has reached an agreement with Italy on the return of
eight antique works of art and the retention of seven others.
2044)
US. Three paintings valued at more than $100, 000 collectively were stolen
Sunday from a North Side art gallery, police said.
2045)
Los ladrones también rentabilizan el boom del arte
2046)
Montenegro Returns Stolen Pictures to Croatia
2047)
Taylor can keep her Van Gogh, court rules
2048)
Roban pintura de Salvador Dalí. La obra, valuada en 60 mil dólares, y otras
dos piezas de distintos pintores fueron robadas de una galería de arte de San Antonio,
Texas.
2049)
THE RETURN OF THE OBELISK TO ETHIOPIA: A VICTORY FOR
ETHIOPIA, ITALY AND THE RULE OF LAW.
2050)
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2052)
A thief has stolen a book titled "Steal this Book" from a modern art exhibition
in Switzerland.
2053)
Montenegro Returns Stolen Pictures to Croatia. Podgorica: Three paintings,
which disappeared from the Dubrovnik area during the war of 1991-95, have been
returned to Croatia, Montenegro's police said on Monday.
2054)
La moral del arte robado
2055)
La imparable efervescencia del mercado del arte, empujado por los nuevos
millonarios de las economías emergentes, beneficia a todos los que viven de él...
incluso a quienes lo roban, que han visto cómo se diversifica su cartera de 'clientes'.
2056)
Rome. Beni culturali. Carabinieri recuperano opere, 34 denunce
2057)
Loot of India's antiquities goes unchecked
2058)
La policía colombiana recuperó un lienzo religioso de 1612 y tres objetos de
culto que habían sido robados hace dos meses del templo de una aldea rural del
departamento de Boyacá, dijeron ayer fuentes del organismo de seguridad.
2059)
Australia. A WOMAN accused of forging paintings by an Aboriginal artist
yesterday admitted lying on oath about part of her evidence.
2060)
First Republic Bank, which Merrill Lynch & Co. bought in September for
$1.8 billion, has been snared in the biggest U.S. art market mess since the price- fixing
scandal at auction houses in the 1990s.
2061)
Srinagar, Oct 30: Investigations are in progress to retrieve a copy of the Holy
Quran, believed to be 400 years old with Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's seal, which
was stolen from the Sri Pratap Singh (SPS) Museum here in September 2003.
2062)
A thief, who snatched two ornate candlesticks worth $52, 000 at a worldrenowned Upper East Side art show, was nabbed before he could escape, authorities
said yesterday.
2063)
COLORADO STATE RESEARCHERS CREATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
PLAYING CARDS FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
2064)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A stolen collection of about 100 artifacts dating
back more than 7, 000 years - including what appear to be very early human portraits were displayed in Greece Tuesday, for the first time since being smuggled to
Germany.
2065)
Private investigator arrested over stolen Da Vinci
2066)
Puerto Rican archaeologists accuse U.S. Army Corps of taking artifacts
without permission
2067)
SAN ANTONIO -- Police said they are searching for art thieves who stole
more than $100, 000 worth of paintings from an art gallery Sunday morning on the
city's Northwest Side.
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2068)
Roban en Texas pintura de Salvador Dalí
2069)
An art collector has taken part in a television appeal over an armed raid at his
home by a gang who stole Lowry paintings worth £1.5m.
2070)
Recuperan lienzo de 1612 y objetos religiosos robados en Colombia
2071)
Building of Iraqi police barracks threatens world heritage site
2072)
Argentina. Interpol busca unos 190 bienes extraídos de instituciones
culturales, entre ellos un reloj de Belgrano
2073)
Museum theft. Burglary. MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake police are
investigating a burglary of about $75, 000 in coins and paper money taken this week
from the Memories R Forever museum.
2074)
Argentina. Robo del Quinquela. Un ex empleado comunal confesó ante la
Justicia haber incendiado el despacho del intendente...
2075)
WASHINGTON: 'Hitler Album' of stolen art unveiled at National Archives.
A decades-old tattered brown leather album with photographs of 18th century
paintings offers a rare glimpse into Adolf Hitler's massive looting of artwork during
World War II.
2076)
Kunstraub in Peine: Dieb mit Faible für "Tänzerinnen". Museumschefin: "Wir
werden Ausstellungen im Kreishaus nicht mehr machen"
2077)
THE evidence of a woman accused of forging paintings by an Aboriginal
artist has been described as "a shambles" by her lawyer, who asked how an ill 65-yearold could possibly have fooled world experts.
2078)
Christie's attempt to auction a painting by Mahmoud Said in Dubai that
should have been hanging in the Egyptian Embassy in Washington focussed attention
on the booming market for modern Egyptian art. Dena Rashed explores the seamier
side of a growing busi
2079)
Two photo albums showing art looted by the Nazis during World War II are
being donated to the US National Archives.
2080)
La Guardia Civil tiene fichadas más de 4.000 obras de arte robadas desde
1980
2081)
Italy. Recuperate ed esposte a Bologna opere arte, c'e' un Tiziano
2082)
Museum theft. Burglary. A quilt on display at the Virginia Quilt Museum in
Harrisonburg was stolen Thursday night.
2083)
U.K.: A RARE bronze statue of a peacock, worth around £30,000, has been
stolen from a garden. The three-metre high sculpture, one of only 12 made, was taken
from a house between Wimborne and Ferndown.
2084)
Ex-museum head pleaded guilty to defrauding the Philadelphia museum he
used to run was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in U.S. District Court in
Philadelphia
2085)
Fwd: experts forum on disaster preparedness November 14 at 11 am EST
2086)
Nalatigheid van loodgieters is de oorzaak van het afbranden van het Armando
museum.
2087)
Prestigious New England cultural facility seeks goal oriented Director of
Security and Safety. Candidates must exhibit exceptional skills in communications,
guard force management, systems management, customer service, employee relations.
2088)
DEN HAAG - Voor de tweede keer in korte tijd hebben koperdieven
donderdagnacht een aantal beelden van tenniscomplex Berg en Dal geroofd.
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2089)
Four people have been arrested by police investigating the theft of five LS
Lowry paintings worth more than £1m in Greater Manchester.
2090)
BAHIA BLANCA. Preventiva para quien robó un Quinquela
2091)
A primitive stone mixing bowl set, dated at 1, 000 A.D., and valued at about
$50, 000 is being sought by investigators with the Independence County Sheriff's
Office.
2092)
How Museums and Libraries Lose Stuff ("Materials Missing at Library of
Congress")
2093)
India. Dhaka raid for stolen Tagore Nobel medal.
2094)
Mexico. Roban óleos y piezas de oro de un templo en Puebla.
2095)
Spain. Roban una talla barroca de la Virgen del Pilar en la colegiata de
Calatayud.
2096)
Roma, 6 nov. (Apcom) - Nel dettaglio, i tre bronzetti etruschi, trafugati dai
musei di Ercolano, di Chiusi e 'Spina' di Ferrara, negli anni Settanta, erano stati
acquistati da Heisenberg in diverse aste.
2097)
New York art dealer Jerome Eisenberg returned eight pieces of ancient art
valued at about $510, 000 to Italy, one of the first private gallery owners to turn over
antiquities which the government says were illegally removed from the country.
2098)
Theft on rise in Moritz Law Library.
2099)
PFP frusta robo de camión con pinturas
2100)
SCOTTSDALE - Col. Matthew Bogdanos will talk Wednesday at a
Scottsdale library about his efforts at recovering 5, 000 antiquities looted from the
Baghdad, Iraq, museum.
2101)
AMERSFOORT - Sluiting van expositieruimte De Zonnehof kan medio
volgend jaar niet doorgaan, nu het Armandomuseum door brand is verwoest.
2102)
Brabant. Musea bundelen krachten voor optimale veiligheid.
2103)
Chief of Paris Quai Branly museum defends artistic mission
2104)
Smyth County . Museum gets official eviction notice. Building scheduled for
demolition to provide parking for the courthouse expansion.
2105)
Germany.Wertvolle Leni Riefenstahl-Fotos aus Keller gestohlen / valuable
Riefenstahl photos stolen
2106)
RAI UTILE: A LA DIFESA PER LA PACE IL RECUPERO DEI TESORI
DARTE DELLANTICA PERSIA
2107)
Canada. Mastermind behind international crime ring gets eight years in prison
2108)
Manansala portrait also missing from NPC
2109)
Connecticut News and Weather - Stolen paintings found inside
Waterburyhome
2110)
Hundreds of historical markers missing
2111)
UKPounds 30,000 painting snatched in Ormskirk raid
2112)
New Zealand. Art-broken over theft
2113)
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Release: FBI Recovers 15th Century
Spanish Maps Stolen from Madrid
2114)
Pakistan's Heritage at Risk
2115)
Chile Gives Back To Peru Books Stolen During Pacific War
2116)
Reagan library can't account for thousands of artifacts - Los Angeles Times
2117)
Bronsdieven hebben vier van de twaalf klokken van het carillon bij het
Nationale Indiëmonument in stadspark Hattem te Roermond gestolen.
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Bronzen beelden gestolen in Stramproy
2119)
SCHIJNDEL - De beeldentuin achter museum Jan Heestershuis in Schijndel
wordt beveiligd met vier camera's. De gemeente neemt die maatregel nu er sinds 2003
al drie maal beelden uit de tuin zijn gestolen.
2120)
Opnieuw schilderij gevonden in Armando Museum
2121)
upcoming IFAR Evening on the Matter Pollocks
2122)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.-Nancy Reagan and her husband's presidential
foundation are upset over a National Archives inspector general report claiming tens
of thousands of Reagan White House mementos cannot be located.
2123)
UK. BNP offers reward for stolen war memorial
2124)
Melbourne couple jailed for faking Aboriginal artworks
2125)
Restitutions culturelles: où donner de la tête?
2126)
LAGUNA NIGUEL - For seven months, plein-air painter John Cosby hoped
police would find the burglars who broke into his Laguna Beach home and stole about
$750, 000 worth of his work.
2127)
Much to the disappointment of visitors, the Jakarta Historical Museum is
keeping several original paintings in storage and displaying prints instead.
2128)
Auckland. Police used 'unorthodox' method to recover buried art - 11 Nov
2007
2129)
Fwd: Hickory, dickory dock: Stolen museum loot found - Haaretz - Israel
News
2130)
Un fragment du retable de Vétheuil (Val-d'Oise), Le Baiser de Judas, volé en
1973 et détenu depuis près d'un an par un antiquaire belge, Bernard Descheemaeker,
va être restitué à la France.
2131)
Cuadros de Leonardo, Matisse, Picasso, Warhol... Cada año desaparecen obras
de arte por valor de 4.000 millones.
2132)
Nelson Mandela's artwork has been flogged for up to R200 000 a piece,
despite an ongoing legal battle and dogged controversy over the authenticity of the
works and the beneficiaries of the sales.
2133)
Spain. Robados 300 libros muy valiosos de la biblioteca de Exteriores.
2134)
Le procès d'un réseau de pilleurs de châteaux s'ouvre lundi pour deux
semaines à Clermont-Ferrand
2135)
El Prado es inaccesible. Asesora al FBI y acaba de publicar «El ladrón de
arte»
2136)
Picasso sketch stolen in Mexico
2137)
THE LOGIC OF NON-RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL OBJECTS FROM
THE MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY: Kwame Opoku - AFRIKANET.info
2138)
Spain. National library regains stolen 500-year-old maps
2139)
The Case of the Elgin Marbles
2140)
Minerva: holding back on the detail? It now looks as if some of the material
handled by Eisenberg --- but purchased at auction in London --- could have derived
from Giacomo Medici.
2141)
Mexico. Roban en casa de Arboledas un boceto de Picasso valuado en 640
mil dólares
2142)
Canada. Museum fire. A suspicious blaze destroyed Stonewall's sole museum
early yesterday morning as flames levelled the building and its tower while reducing
priceless artifacts to rubble.
2143)
London. Spot the difference: one of these Michelangelos is said to be fake
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Neil Brodie and Donny George honored with 2008 SAFE Beacon Awards
2145)
Men in Transy heist tell their story
2146)
Christie's International has removed two lots from its Nov. 29 London auction
of Russian books and manuscripts after a cultural watchdog agency said they were
stolen from the Russian State Military Archives in Moscow.
2147)
Al-Quds's L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art has recovered dozens of
European antique clocks, which were stolen from its collection.
2148)
Ouverture du procès de trente personnes pour un important trafic d'antiquités
(Involvement Dutch dealer)
2149)
Spanish minister orders inquiry into museum's handling of 'Guernica'
2150)
Stolen quilt from the Virginia Quilt Museum
2151)
Armando Museum: als omstanders sneller gebeld hadden zou het museum
gered zijn? Oorzaak brand onbekend??
2152)
Als omstanders eerder hadden gebeld was het Armando Museum niet
afgebrand? Oorzaak brand onbekend?
2153)
Italy returns looted art to Iran. The pieces date between the 8th and 14th
centuries and were part of a larger haul of 309 objects found by the ministry’s art-theft
police in September 2005 at an antiquities fair near Milan.
2154)
Argentina. Descubren en una valija en un aeropuerto sanjuanino un molusco
milenario
2155)
Netherlands. Gestolen antieke treininboedel op Marktplaats/ Stolen antique
train memorabilia at online marketplace
2156)
Germany opening new office to help identify and research art stolen by Nazis
2157)
Netherlands. Cause of Amersfoort fire cannot be determined?
2158)
Insider job? The theft of the rare 400 year old handwritten Quran that was
stolen from Sri Pratap Singh Museum in 2003, is believed to have been facilitated by
museum insiders in lieu of monetary benefits, sources say. The case is currently under
investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation
2159)
US. Museum helps recover stolen classic Camaro
2160)
Coin Collectors Sue U.S. State Department. Ancient Coin Collectors Guild
and Numismatic Trade Groups Bring Freedom of Informaton Act Litigation Against
State Department
2161)
Thief makes steel dinosaur extinct -- for now
2162)
Germany to Research Stolen Nazi Art
2163)
Un deuxième élément du rétable de Vétheuil trouvé en Belgique
2164)
Master forger turns art dealer. Geert Jan Jansen is a Dutch painter but he's not
your average painter. He's an art forger. Or maybe we should say, a former art forger.
2165)
The prosecution has found another 60 allegedly forged paintings of famous
Korean artists in the house of a painting collector.
2166)
AMERSFOORT - KPN weigert uitsluitsel te geven over het tijdstip waarop
buren van het Armando Museum in Amersfoort op 22 oktober de brand bij 112
hebben gemeld.
2167)
Levi-Lelou/Auschwitz Suitcase Dispute
2168)
Verzekeraar Delta Lloyd legt zich nog niet neer bij de conclusie dat nooit
duidelijk zal worden waardoor de brand in het Armando Museum in Amersfoort is
ontstaan.
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Los Angeles. A family of art dealers faces civil charges for allegedly selling
cheap and unauthorized works as authentic, fine art reproductions for thousands of
dollars, authorities said Thursday.
2170)
La justice condamne un baiser volé à une toile de Twombly
2171)
LONDON (AP) An antique dealer was sentenced Friday to nearly five years
in prison for working with his parents to create sophisticated fakes of statues,
paintings and other works and passing them off as priceless.
2172)
BENI CULTURALI/ MERCATO CLANDESTINO, RECUPERATI A
ROMA 800 REPERTI. Un valore complessivo di circa un milione di euro.
2173)
Museum almost destroyed in fire
2174)
The wife of a Fort Lewis Army officer apparently didnt have a problem with
her husband bringing home potentially ill-gotten cash and a stolen antiquity from Iraq.
2175)
S.F.s iconic falcon returns to its perch
2176)
Roban iglesia de la Virgen del Valle y Museo Santiago Mariño
2177)
El primer interesado en recuperar las obras robadas es el anticuario
2178)
FW: Coin Collectors Sue State Department Over Import Rules
2179)
Dumped oil painting 'worth $1m'
2180)
De museumbrand in de Elleboogkerk houdt de gemoederen nog steeds bezig.
De Burger Partij Amersfoort (BPA) wil opheldering van het college over enkele
gebeurtenissen op maandagmorgen 22 oktober van 07.00 uur tot de uitbraak van de
brand.
2181)
Confronté au pillage de son patrimoine, l'Irak demande de l'aide
2182)
Bij keuring kunstbeurs PAN vijf gestolen schilderijen gevonden
2183)
Sprinklers extinguished a small fire at the NCAA Hall of Champions in
downtown Indianapolis but caused some water damage. (One never reads that a - most
of the time bigger fire - was extinguished by fire fighters causing (a LOT of) water
damage. T.C.)
2184)
Roban en plena calle un busto de Carlos Gardel, en Bolivia
2185)
UK family caught for forged artwork scam. FAKERS FOILED BY
SPELLING MISTAKE.
2186)
The glass case that sat empty on the second floor of iconic John's Grill in San
Francisco since the famed Maltese Falcon statuette was stolen in February, finally
welcomed its caged bird home.
2187)
Colombia. Mueum theft. Roban iglesia de la Virgen del Valle y Museo
Santiago Mariño
2188)
Spain. El primer interesado en recuperar las obras robadas es el anticuario
2189)
Spain. Los vecinos de un pueblo mexicano se rebelan contra el cura
2190)
Barbaren sind immer die anderen: Napoleons Kunsteroberungen und die
deutsche
2191)
Payback bid for art-fraud loot. AN elderly couple and their son, who made
UKPounds 850, 000 from forged art, could be forced to repay the money.
2192)
ROBERT DE NIRO SAYS GALLERY STOLE FATHER'S PAINTINGS
2193)
Members Wanted for IFCPP New England Area Chapter
2194)
UN: ILLEGAL TRADE IN IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGE MUST END,
SAYS UN EXPERT COMMITTEE
2195)
rapport SCHONE KUNSTEN. Kunsthandel beperkt kwetsbaar voor
inmenging georganiseerde misdaad
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former curator of Los Angeles' J. Paul Getty Museum will be tried in an
antiquities smuggling case next week after a prosecutor postponed her trial for eight
days, court officials said Tuesday.
2197)
Armandomuseum is door de verwoestende brand van maandag 22 oktober in
totaal 63 schilderijen kwijtgeraakt
2198)
De gemeente Nederweert heeft aangifte gedaan van de diefstal van het
bronzen beeld 'De Werker'. Dat beeld is dit weekend gestolen uit de tuin van het
gemeentehuis.
2199)
Roban tres esculturas de La Paz
2200)
Canada. Springhill building gutted by blaze in March reopens
2201)
A flood in the Boynton Beach City Library dampened not just the drywall and
carpeting, but officials' spirits. It marked a setback in the already-delayed completion
of the city's $7.3 million library renovation and expansion project.
2202)
An Italian judge Monday rejected the request of a local cultural group to seize
an ancient bronze from the J. Paul Getty Museum, further increasing the chances that
the prized statue will stay in Los Angeles.
2203)
Greek police arrest Culture Ministry employee for antiquity theft
2204)
Seattle. Stealing From The Bellevue Arts Museum
2205)
Tokyo a enfin ratifié la convention internationale qui vise à lutter contre le
pillage du patrimoine artistique mondial. Il reste cependant encore beaucoup à faire,
notamment en ce qui concerne les pièces importées clandestinement d'Afghanistan.
2206)
MIAMI, Okla. - Not a lead has surfaced in the theft of a century-old Northern
Plains Indian headdress from a Miami store in 2005, said Carrie Wilson, the owner's
daughter.
2207)
Japan. 100-kg gold bar heist suspect charged for stealing pure gold fish
2208)
Opere d'arte rubate nascoste in cantina, fermate due personeScoperti dalla
polizia undici dipinti. Tra questi anche una tela esposta al museo della cultura di
Leningrado di Antonio Scotti
2209)
INSIDER THEFT. Several staff including a curator from Surakarta's Radya
Pustaka Museum have admitted to an internal theft racquet involving up to 13 centuryold statues, after police acted on a former-staff member's report.
2210)
INSIDER THEFT. Indonesian police arrest museum curator for selling
ancient Buddhist statues
2211)
Bolivia. Roban un lienzo del Museo Catedralicio de Arte Sacro Cuadro. Fue
pintado en 1837 por un artista desconocido
2212)
Armando Museum. Twijfel over kwaliteit loodgieter museum
2213)
Armando Museum Loodgieter Elleboogkerk zoon van SRO-chef
2214)
The Justice Department is urging a federal court to go easy on Iran in a legal
dispute in which terrorism victims are attempting to seize valuable Iranian antiquities
held by American research institutions.
2215)
Bolivia. Roban un lienzo del Museo Catedralicio de Arte Sacro Cuadro. Fue
pintado en 1837 por un artista desconocido
2216)
BEIJING, Nov. 23 -- The auction of four pieces of cultural relics that claimed
to be "state heirlooms" was halted by the Beijing Municipal Administration of
Cultural Heritage.
2217)
Fakes and counterfeits. James Fenton on the art of forgery - and getting away
with it. The jailing of Shaun Greenhalgh, the Bolton forger, for conspiracy to defraud
art institutions is instructive.
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INSIDER THEFT. Jakarta, Indonesia (AHN) - Five antique statues reported
to have been stolen by a curator from a museum in Central Java, Indonesia had found
their way back to the country's oldest museum.
2219)
$100K Violin Reported Stolen From Car. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - For
Nicolas Orbovich, losing his violin was like losing a member of the family.
2220)
Soaring prices in the art market have escalated the value of these pilfered
pieces beyond what even the thieves could have imagined.
2221)
With the help of investigators both sides of the Atlantic, stolen paintings
which belonged to an elderly man, who died shortly after they were taken, have been
recovered.
2222)
Swiss and Peruvian experts have presented a "red list" of Peru's cultural
heritage that is particularly at risk from looting and illegal art traffickers.
2223)
November 24, 2007 - A local violinist will soon be reunited with his beloved
instrument that was stolen last weekend.
2224)
NEARLY five years after it was ransacked by hordes of looters in the wake of
Saddam Husseins overthrow, the Iraq museum in Baghdad is about to open its doors
again.
2225)
Belgium. Deux suspects arrêtés pour le vol de statuettes à Bruxelles
2226)
State Department in Coin Controversy
2227)
China. Han Dynasty stone horse stolen. The stone sculpture, weighing five
tons, was located in a village in the Weicheng district of Xianyang
2228)
Paraguay. Durante el Feria de libros en Mariscal López Shopping será
presentado oficialmente uno de los cuadros recuperados del robo ocurrido en el Museo
Nacional de Bellas Artes, en el 2002. Este cuadro fue atribuido al artista francés
Adolphe Piot, y se denomina “Tête de femme”
2229)
Stolen Assyrian Relief-Media release for immediate circulation.
2230)
UK. More visitors hurt in Tate's hole. As many as 15 art lovers have been
injured at London's Tate Modern since the opening of an installation which features a
large crack in the floor.
2231)
Canada. Couple agree to plead guilty to selling fake artwork, rigging auctions
in scam that cost at least $20 million
2232)
France. Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock
2233)
Italian city rings alarm bells over 1994 art theft. Among the paintings that
disappeared from a municipal art gallery in Catania, on Sicily, were a Rembrandt and
a painting by the great Italian Baroque artist Guido Reni. But what is unusual about
this particular alleged theft is that it took place 13 years ago - and has only just been
discovered.
2234)
UK. NEARLY £100,000 worth of antiques have been stolen from a hou se in
Bromsgrove. The haul includes an oil painting in a gold frame of a boy playing a flute
with a Cavalier dog , worth £20,000; another oil painting of cows in a g old frame ,
worth £15,000; an oblong wooden cabinet with glass frontage and a drawer at the
bottom , worth £10,000; and a set of oriental porcelain dis hes and small cups , valued
at £5,000.
2235)
New Zealand. Artworks stolen from Sandwiches.
2236)
{Spam?} Indonesia. Surakarta's Radya Pustaka Museum thefts. Hashim wants
to cooperate, says lawyer
2237)
New Zealand. Glass guardian stolen
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Nederlandse antiekhandelaar in Frankrijk veroordeeld tot vier jaar celstraf
voor zijn betrokkenheid bij een omvangrijke kunstroof. Het gerechtshof in ClermontFerrand acht Franciscus T. (53) schuldig aan heling en lidmaatschap van een criminele
organisatie.
2239)
France. Des peines allant jusqu'à 5 ans de prison assortis de 5.000 euros
d'amende ont été prononcées vendredi à Clermont-Ferrand à l'encontre de 30
personnes, condamnées pour avoir pris part au plus important trafic d'objets d'art et
d'antiquités de ces dernières années.
2240)
France. L'Allégorie du Bon Gouvernement, une esquisse attribuée à Rubens,
vient d'être volée ce week-end au Musée Rupert de Chièvres à Poitiers. L'œuvre a été
dévissée du mur du musée, en plein jour.
2241)
UK. A carer who faked a £400,000 burglary at the home of an elderly
Hampshire couple she was looking after has been jailed for six-and-half-years.The
burglary took place in September 2005 when Ryan and her boyfriend Lionel Sime
faked a break-in while Maj Gen Mills was away, but police were suspicious
2242)
Norway. Aamodt's 19 Olympic, world championship medals returned 4 years
after theft
2243)
Schone Kunsten: Het ministerie van Justitie heeft in het kader van het
'Programma preventie georganiseerde criminaliteit' de kunst- en antiekhandel in
Nederland preventief laten doorlichten.
2244)
Greek Court Dismisses Case Against Ex-Curator
2245)
US. Hundreds Of Antiques Reported Stolen From Kingston, N.Y., Residence
2246)
CAMPANIA, GDF RECUPERA PORCELLANE RUBATE IN UN MUSEO
DI NAPOLI
2247)
Contraffazione di opere d'arte e truffa: sequestrate due gallerie, una a Bologna
2248)
Charney: ‘Sexy’ art crime not just in movies
2249)
US. Family's grief spilling over stolen fountain
2250)
US. Philanthropist's son stood to get millions, but it wasn't enough for him,
prosecutors allege
2251)
UK. THREE MEN ON STATELY HOME THEFT CHARGES. The charges
relate to the theft of precious snuff boxes from Waddesdon Manor in Bucks, in June,
2003.
2252)
FW: Article: Munich auction house has to withdraw two old master paintings
stolen from German museums in 1945
2253)
Australia Parliament on guard against MP art theft
2254)
Italy. FURTI OPERE ARTE: DENUNCE E ARRESTI DEI CC NELLE
MARCHE - OPERE D’ARTE CLONATE: ARRESTATO GALLERISTA, BUCO
MILIONARIO
2255)
India. 75% of insurance for Tagore's stolen Nobel medal can be paid
2256)
Returning the loot, piece by piece. The future of Iraq's archaeological heritage
is looking a little brighter as stolen artifacts are slowly making their way back to
where they belong
2257)
US. Former Bellevue Arts Museum officer pleads not guilty to embezzlement
2258)
2259)
British panel rules gallery's Rubens paintings not looted by Nazis
Egypt. Egipto anuncia robo de valiosa puerta de mezquita
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Dresden, Germany. Ein verschollenes Gemälde aus Dresden wurde jetzt in
einem Münchner Auktionshaus sichergestellt. Nur ein Fall von vielen.
2261)
Hallan en Rosario estatuas robadas que pertenecieron a Manuel Dorrego
2262)
Scientist Presents Case Against Possible Pollocks
2263)
Would Taliban unleash another artefact massacre?
2264)
Stop Press: Ten crates containing rare archeological treasures of Bangladesh
have been bundled out of the national museum and are said to be bound for Guimet
Museum in Paris, via flight AF 6731 (dep: 1205 Saturday 1st Dec 2007).
2265)
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2266)
About one in 10 paintings on the market are not the real deal. Liz Porter meets
the woman who puts suspect art under the microscope.
2267)
SOUTHBURY -- The Waterbury woman accused of stealing paintings and
artifacts from numerous museums, schools and churches in the area, including three
from Southbury, is finally facing charges related to the thefts here.
2268)
Le vol d'antiquités qualifié de crime organisé dans le nouveau projet de loi sur
la protection du patrimoine culturel
2269)
AS AUSTRALIAN art fetches record prices at auction, art fraud is also
booming.
2270)
Museum theft. Victoria Crosses stolen from museum
2271)
Insdider theft. Indonesia. The lost artifacts
2272)
Museum theft. Irreplaceable Items Missing from Dallas Museum
2273)
Sassari, ritrovato un Rembrandt trafugato a Firenze
2274)
David Gill: The right to everything that's in the ground
2275)
Spain. Los grandes museos y los marchantes hacen autocrítica y negocian un
pacto mundial que corte el paso a las obras sospechosas
2276)
Museum Theft. New Zealand. Police intend to interview the entire town of
Waiouru in the search for 100 medals stolen from the Army Museum.
2277)
Attacking artwork is rare in Kentucky
2278)
Des inventaires des biens culturels sont dressés actuellement selon les normes
internationales en vigueur pour la protection du patrimoine culturel de toutes formes
de pillage.
2279)
New Zealand: Full-scale review of museum security needed
2280)
W.E.B. DuBois Library evacuated after fire alarm
2281)
Museum Theft. New Zealand. Heart ripped out of museum. Colonel Raymond
Seymour "aged 100 years" the moment he was told the nation's military treasures were
stolen under his watch.
2282)
Accused on trial over 'Cezanne' art heist. A GOLD Coast man accused of
what may or may not be Australia's biggest art heist went on trial yesterday for the
second time this year.
2283)
Reward offered for 9 stolen New Zealand war valor medals
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Mexico: Roban tres imáfines y un cristo de capilla en Hidalgo
2285)
Canada: The federal government is cancelling a service that carries art and
artifacts to public museums and galleries across the country, leaving some curators
worried they won't be able to display non-local pieces anymore.
2286)
ATHENS, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China and Greece signed here Monday the
Protocol of Cultural Exchanges for 2007-2010.
2287)
LOS ANGELES -- Two men escaped after holding up an art gallery clerk in
North Hollywood, getting away with 15 paintings valued up to $1 million, police said.
2288)
Gobierno colombiano devolverá a Perú pinturas del siglo XVIII recuperadas
2289)
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2290)
Waddesdon Manor thefts
2291)
Re-sent. Waddesdon Manor thefts
2292)
2008 Andrews Kurth Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Law
2293)
ONE of New Zealand's leading experts on the lives of its Victoria Crosswinning soldiers has warned there is a black market ready to receive a haul of nine
VCs stolen from a museum south of Auckland.
2294)
Australia. DETECTIVES investigating the theft of two rare statuettes from an
expensive Armadale antique dealer believe they were stolen to order.
2295)
MANAMA - Dr Abdulaziz Sulabeekh, an archeological researcher at the
Bahrain National Museum, claimed that archeological pieces from Delmon era were
stolen before the kingdom's independence.
2296)
Bronze theft. Argentina. Roban en el cementerio el busto de Sor Ludovica La
pieza de bronce desapareció el fin de semana pasado y se desataron fuertes quejas
2297)
Site would trace goods; Registry could reduce burglaries; www.trace.com
2298)
DALLAS - Police are investigating the possible theft of a box of historical
artifacts, including a brass spur used by Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
2299)
The Houston Public Library is the latest victim of the spate of copper theft
that has spread across the United States in the last two years.
2300)
Police are investigating the theft of $1 million worth of bronze sculptures
from a North Troy home and studio in an incident experts say is among the largest art
heists in Vermont history.
2301)
New Zealand Medal collector offers reward in effort to recover 'holy grail' of
Victoria Crosses
2302)
11 years on line
2303)
11 Years
2304)
11 Years
2305)
New Zealand Victoria Crosses Medal disappointment after false alarm
2306)
Bolívar Cisneros, comandante General de la Policía, informó que el Gobierno
Nacional entregará la suma de un millón de dólares a la persona que informe del robo
de la Joya de la Custodia de Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo.
2307)
French auction watchdog issues court challenge to ‘illegal’ eBay
2308)
Spanish police find gold stolen from exhibition 10 years ago
2309)
Museum Theft. TEHRAN -- Three rare manuscripts were stolen from
Tehran's Reza Abbasi Museum last week.
2310)
Un autre tableau Stern est retrouvé en Europe
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New Mexico. UNM Police issued warrants Monday for five people suspected
of stealing library books from universities and colleges and selling them to bookstores
at other campuses.
2312)
Australia. 'Family friend' link in art heist (including a reputed $150 million
masterpiece by the 19th century French impressionist Paul Cezanne)
2313)
Goudstikker Collection: Painting's tragic history uncovered at the Stamford
Museum
2314)
Chile. Incendio en Universidad Austral obliga a evacuar sector norte de Isla
Teja. El valor económico del edificio bordearía los 6.000 millones de pesos, sin contar
equipamiento y laboratorios. La pérdida de conocimiento científico y colecciones
únicas en el mundo lo cual no tiene precio. “Se está haciendo un levantamiento de
todos los proyectos que la universidad tiene cumplidos y la cantidad de tesis
involucradas”. Al respecto precisó que habrían 92 académicos perjudicados
directamente con este siniestro, 38 funcionarios administrativos, 121 estudiantes con
tesis de pregrado y 52 de postgrado.
2315)
CINCINNATI --Four men serving 87-month sentences for stealing rare books
and sketches from Transylvania University library should receive less prison time,
their lawyers argued yesterday.
2316)
New Zealand: Police are not ruling out an inside job almost a week after nine
Victoria Cross medals were stolen from the Army Museum in Waiouru.
2317)
BEREA - A 150- to 200-pound piece of history was stolen Monday from the
city park, and Berea police have the film footage as proof.
2318)
Prime Minister has suggested a reclusive collector may have organised the
heist. Is this statement based on facts?
2319)
Dutch art expert on the run after theft of artefacts; Indonesian museum relics
sold off
2320)
Milano, 6 dic. (Apcom) - Venti sculture in bronzo di Arnaldo Pomodoro e 42
decollage e tele di Mimmo Rotella: opere d'arte false sequestrate dai carabinieri del
Nucleo patrimonio culturale di Monza (Milano)
2321)
Man pleads guilty to theft of Algonquin statue, ordered to pay restitution
2322)
One of the 10 sculptures stolen from Yale's Marsh Botanic Gardens last
Wednesday night was recovered Saturday by the Yale Police Department, which has
already identified one suspect in the theft.
2323)
New Zealand. An American ex-serviceman and an unidentified New Zealand
businessman have joined Lord Ashcroft in offering rewards for the return of the
medals stolen from the Waiouru Army Museum last weekend.
2324)
Canada. Famed artist's work stolen; Norval Morrisseau's paintings taken from
seniors home where he lived for two years
2325)
Indonesa. While the police are trying to nab the culprits involved in replacing
the ancient statues from Radya Pustaka Museum in Surakarta with copies, it might be
time for independent auditors to make an investigation into every single museum we
have.
2326)
Argentina. San Telmo, el otro extremo: hallan cuadro robado hace 3 años
2327)
JUCHITÁN, Oax., -Una imagen de San Vicente Ferrer, considerada como el
símbolo del hermanamiento de España con los zapotecas de esta ciudad, fue robada
este lunes de la parroquia del Santo Patrón de los católicos juchitecos.
2328)
Laxity, not larceny: Artifacts back. Missing items turn up in hotel lost-andfound, to historical society's chagrin
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Guatemala, 8 dic (PL) La Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural, del
Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte guatemalteco, intenta recuperar unas 300 piezas
arqueológicas mayas que llevan una década guardadas en la bodega de una empresa en
Galicia, España.
2330)
Book review: ario Giordano: Bilderräuber.
2331)
Mexico. Peregrinaje de un cuadro robado
2332)
The counterfeiters: Inside the world of art forgery. The booming art market
means that crime really can pay, especially if you know how to knock up a phoney
Picasso or dodgy Dali.
2333)
In a legal strategy that is spreading in the art world, the Museum of Modern
Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation jointly asked a federal court
yesterday to declare them the owners of two Picasso paintings that a claimant says
were sold under duress in Nazi Germany.
2334)
The case for Cyprus: SAFE Interviews Dr. Pavlos Flourentzos, Director of the
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus
2335)
Coin collectors furious over trade restrictions
2336)
Letter to the Editor of the Cyprus Mail RE "Coin collectors furious over trade
restrictions"
2337)
Insider theft. Madera County District Attorney Ernie LiCalsi filed charges
against a former office employee at the Fresno Flats Historic Museum for allegedly
embezzling more than $70, 000.
2338)
New Zealand. The army may be in line for a big insurance payment over the
break-in theft of precious medals from the Waiouru Army Museum.
2339)
A PURPORTED $150 million masterpiece stolen in what has been billed as
Australia's biggest art heist was bought for $20 at a northern NSW antiques shop, a
court was told yesterday.
2340)
Picasso & Chagall Masterpieces Stolen. Metro Police are searching for who
broke into the Galerie Lareuse of Georgetown stealing two expensive works of art.
2341)
Guatemala intenta recuperar piezas mayas que reposan en bodega de empresa
española
2342)
Stolen statue recovered at The European Fine Art Fair
2343)
The Army Museum at Waiouru will reopen for the first time today after
millions of dollars worth of medals were stolen just over a week ago.
2344)
ALBANY - The former president of the Rensselaerville Town Library will
spend up to seven years behind bars.
2345)
FW: "Cultural Heritage, Museum Ethics and the Law"
2346)
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese terracotta soldiers on display in Hamburg's
Museum of Anthropology may be fakes and an inquiry into their authenticity is under
way, the museum said.
2347)
Residents of the North West Frontier Province have asked a mine owner to
stop using dynamite out of fear of damage to the giant Buddha of Jehanabad. The
Buddha was mutilated on October 8 and Muslim militants continue to threaten its
destruction.
2348)
Amritsar, Dec 11 (IANS) Bowing to pressure from various quarters, the
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) Tuesday removed the portrait
of British General Reginald Dyer, who had ordered his troops to open fire on innocent
Indians at the Jallian
2349)
An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts
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2350)
Rare Look Inside Baghdad Museum
2351)
Agartala (PTI) An 11th century black stone idol of Lord Narayana was seized
from a bag in the heart of the city here, police said on Tuesday.
2352)
While doubts remain about the authenticity of a purported $150 million
masterpiece by 19th century French impressionist Paul Cezanne, a jury took about five
hours to convict Brett Michael Williams of stealing it.
2353)
Prints by Group of Seven artist A.J. Casson, along with hundreds of letters,
photographs and artifacts dating back to the 17th century, have gone missing from the
Archives of Ontario, according to the Auditor-General's annual report.
2354)
Art Institute of Chicago discloses Gauguin sculpture in fact a forgery
2355)
Les trafiquants offrent leurs marchandises sur plus de 200 sites Internet. 1 310
pièces archéologiques récupérées par les gendarmes en dix mois
2356)
India, Kolkata. Antiques stolen from CU campus
2357)
Peru. Recuperan 64 piezas de arte robadas
2358)
US. Scrap yard tip saves sculpture from smelters
2359)
British forger fools US museum
2360)
Art thieves paint themselves in corner. Suspicious custodian foils brazen
attempt to steal painting off wall.
2361)
Museum theft. Boy, 13, faces charge for stealing museum's sword. Concealed
weapons don't get much bigger than the one a boy smuggled out of the Strathroy
Museum on Wednesday.
2362)
Kunst unter Sperrmüll im Keller versteckt. Gut vier Wochen hat die Polizei
benötigt, um eines der spektakulärsten Bilderrätsel der jüngeren Kölner
Kriminalgeschichte zu lösen. Anfang November hatte die Photo Estate GmbH in der
Innenstadt einen millionensc
2363)
Forgery. Fake It Till You Make It. The Greenhalghs looked like such a nice
family. But you should see what they cooked up in their kitchen.
2364)
Argentina: Un fallo judicial ordena reabrir el Museo Histórico Nacional
2365)
It was Bonhams and ATG columnist who first raised alarm over Greenhalgh
fakes
2366)
German language report about Chinese terra cotta forgeries: Gotische Engel
mit Gesichtern von heute
2367)
ACCG Queries Cypriot Director of Antiquities
2368)
Grand jury to hear art theft case
2369)
Iraqi National Musem receives 1, 000 antiquities unearthed at sites south of
Baghdad
2370)
Nepal to make 1st cultural policy to protect heritages
2371)
UK. A FENCE who used auction houses to dispose of a burglar's loot from
North Yorkshire properties has been jailed for three years.
2372)
New Zealand. The Court Of Appeal has upheld a blackmail conviction against
a man who arranged the return of a stolen $250, 000 sculpture for $10, 000.
2373)
Looted Art Displayed in Rome
2374)
Habermann painting stolen by Nazis returned
2375)
Break in Gardner art theft case?
2376)
US. Why a fake Gauguin found its way to the Art Institute
2377)
Bulgarian police detained two German citizens and a Bulgarian military
officer on charges of stealing a World War 2 Maybach tank and attempted theft of
another tank.
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Expert accused of selling stolen Java artefacts denies wrongdoing
2379)
Museum theft Germany: Archäologische Funde aus Museum gestohlen
2380)
Lawsuit Will Determine the Fate of 2 Picassos
2381)
Italy. Recuperato un raro trumeau a doppio corpo risalente al 18/o secolo,
rubato nell'agosto di 30 anni fa nell' abitazione di un privato a Casteggio, nel Pavese.
2382)
eBay Iraq relic auction stopped
2383)
Con los mejores deseos de Ptolomeo
2384)
Collections Preservation Course starts online early January 2008
2385)
Director of Protection Services - Shelburne Museum
2386)
UK. Police are hunting a Hartlepool man who has become one of the UK's
most wanted after he fled court just days before being given eight years for a string of
high-value burglaries.
2387)
New Zealand. POLICE have executed search warrants in the hunt for 96
medals, including nine Victoria Crosses, stolen from the Army Museum in Waiouru.
2388)
{Spam?} Switzerland. R2-D2 kidnapped from museum. Unidentified thieves
have stolen a replica of the Star Wars robot R2-D2 from a film prop museum in
Frauenfeld, canton Thurgau.
2389)
Art row sours UK-Russian relations. Moscow musuem cancels art exhibition
that was due to open in London next month
2390)
Argentina. Ataques a monumentos, bustos y ornamentos en plazas y parques
2391)
The Netherlands. Politie arresteert verdachten. Met de aanhouding denkt de
politie de diefstal van bronzen beelden in Hunsel, Nederweert en Stramproy te hebben
opgelost. De aanhouding betekent niet dat alle beelden terug zijn.
2392)
Bolivia perdió 36 piezas de su patrimonio en el 2007
2393)
An unusual exhibit of archaeological treasures opens this week here with a
very clear message: Italy will no longer sit back while its artistic patrimony is spirited
out of the country by grave robbers, traffickers and unscrupulous art dealers.
2394)
Forgeries Chinese terra cotta. Tonkrieger-Schau macht dicht! Direktor Köpke
zieht Konsequenz aus Skandal um die gefälschten Figuren
2395)
Fake Gauguin `Faun' Fools Curators
2396)
The opening of a Greek museum in September will exert pressure on Britain
to return priceless artifacts plundered from Athens' ancient Acropolis.
2397)
3 minutes museum raid: Thieves in Brazil have stolen two paintings said to be
worth $100m (£50m) in a dawn raid on Latin America's most renowned museum.
2398)
RECUPERATI DA CC FIRENZE DUE CANDELIERI RUBATI NELL'87
2399)
Press release: Further three year prolongation for the Restitutions Committee
2400)
Warning on Fraudulent Artwork
2401)
bronze bust stolen from the British Racing Drivers' Club at Silverstone,
Northamptonshire, has been found.
2402)
Iran won an important court ruling Friday in its bid to force an international
art dealer in London to return 18 ancient artifacts that allegedly were stolen from the
country's tombs.
2403)
En France, 90% des objets inscrits au titre des monuments historiques se
trouvent dans des lieux de culte... le plus souvent mal protégés
2404)
The Netherlands: ABNAMRO: the biggest art heist ever.
2405)
Museum Sao Paolo niet verzekerd voor diefstal
2406)
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2407)
Bulgaria Plagued by Grave Robbers
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Theft from lake-bed graves a concern; Skull has been stolen from oncesubmerged casket exposed by drought.
2409)
EX-GARDINER STAR AMONG ACCUSED; Pair charged in theft of
obsolete bills, Coins
2410)
Picasso stolen from museum with no alarm. On Friday, officials admitted
there wasn't much of a security system in place at the cash-strapped museum.
2411)
A plea for Marbles in Parthenon
2412)
Un empresario ofrece 56.000 dólares por el ´picasso´ robado
2413)
Mexico: Ocupa estado tercer lugar en robo de arte sacro
2414)
Brunei's most accomplished terrorist gangster Prince Jefri Archer is at the
heart of allegations that artworks systematically looted from the UK ended up in
Russian mobsters' hands.
2415)
Amid tight security, two 1, 500-year-old terracotta Vishnu statues bound for
an exhibition in Paris were stolen while in the custody of Air France at the Zia
International Airport (ZIA) Saturday
2416)
RETURNED STOLEN/LOOTED ART DISPLAYED BY ITALY. A
LESSON FOR AFRICAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES?
2417)
Boijmans en het Natuurhistorisch Museum als feniksen uit de as herrezen. En
de collecties? Reactie op column Siebe Weide, directeur Museumvereniging, over de
brand in het Armando Museum.
2418)
Brazils premier modern art museum and local authorities are investigating
why security guards were not paying attention to security cameras as thieves broke in
to steal a Pablo Picasso painting last week.
2419)
With a possible profit of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars,
thefts of antique folk art - such as weathervanes and wood carvings - has grown across
New England in recent years, police and antique dealers say.
2420)
U.K. A group of teenage drinkers went on a wrecking spree inside Clitheroe
Castle Museum, which is currently being renovated as part of a £3.2million heritage
scheme.
2421)
The British Museum says 'no' to Greece, again
2422)
Cold-hearted thieves have plundered nearly 600 brass memorial plaques
worth around UKP 24, 000 from a Swansea churchyard.
2423)
U.K.: Antique ceramics stolen from the De Morgan Centre in Wandsworth
have been recovered by detectives
2424)
Police in Bangladesh are searching for two statues of the Hindu god Vishnu
which were stolen from Dhaka airport
2425)
Russia may give the go-ahead to a London exhibition of works from its
museums after the U.K. government pledged to speed up passage of legislation
protecting artworks from seizure
2426)
India: Held for temple theft
2427)
Radcliffe Parish Church, in Church Green, has been targeted by thieves who
have stolen lead from the roof four times in less than two months
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