Law, crime and regulation
Legal cases, stolen art, regulation and tax issues remain important part of the art and antiques sector.
This category ranges from the levy of the Artist’s Resale Right to controversies over fakes and forgeries.
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Christie’s to sell Cranach portrait after US museum and Jewish heirs make agreement over restitution
30 August 2024A portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) and his workshop which has been in an American museum since the 1960s will be offered at Christie’s New York in January following an agreement between the institution and the heirs of a Jewish collector.
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Export bar placed on Alan Turing’s unpublished Second World War papers
20 August 2024A remarkable archive of newly discovered scientific papers by the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing and his collaborator Donald Bayley has been temporarily blocked from export.
![2910 NE Spink Iron Age](/media/106374/2910-ne-spink-iron-age.jpg?rxy=0.105,0.61752988047808766&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133682777490000000)
Iron Age coin bearing the name of a hitherto unknown British ruler is blocked from export
16 August 2024A temporary export bar has been placed on a British coin sold at auction that features the never-seen-before name Esunertos.
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Michael Jackson’s artwork pulled from Las Vegas sale at last minute
12 August 2024A US auction house that was forced to halt the sale of a collection of drawings by King of Pop Michael Jackson (1958- 2009) at the last minute has said it fully intends to sell the works at a later date.
![Scythian jewellery](/media/105696/esp-national-police-ukraine-interpol.jpg?rxy=0.51829268292682928,0.70342205323193918&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133667241020000000)
Artefacts recovered and arrests made in Interpol art trafficking operation
30 July 2024An Interpol operation has recovered more than 6400 objects and made 85 arrests across Europe
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Silver chalice stolen from Bedfordshire church
22 July 2024A 1659 original silver chalice worth around £15,000 has been stolen from a church in Sutton, Bedfordshire.
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ATG letter: Policing will save ivory, not an antique trade ban
24 June 2024Oh dear, here we go again (‘Crackdown on marine ivory trade: date revealed’, ATG No 2649).
Seminar set up to discuss challenge of new EU art import rules
24 June 2024British trade associations concerned about impending EU legislation that will affect UK exports will brief dealers on the changes at a seminar in London on June 28.
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Defra to crack down on marine ivory trade
17 June 2024The trade in most antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks will effectively be banned in the UK in just over two months
German art VAT cut welcomed by dealers
17 June 2024Art in Germany might be about to get a bit cheaper with the German government confirming it will cut the VAT on art sales from 19% to 7% in line with its import VAT.
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A lawyer writes: Anti-money laundering regulations are complicated but it is important to put in the time
10 June 2024A longstanding client expressed his concerns to me about ensuring that he was doing everything right with regard to anti-money laundering and HMRC’s requirements.
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Police recover more TEFAF stolen diamonds
10 June 2024Police in the Netherlands have confirmed they have recovered two more diamonds stolen by armed robbers from The European Art Fair (TEFAF) in 2022.
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Christie’s reassures clients over personal data after cyber attack
10 June 2024Christie’s says has it has seen no “evidence to suggest that personal information has been published or misused” following the cyber-attack that brought down its website.
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Dealer loses entire fair stock in van theft
03 June 2024A Colchester dealer has warned the trade of the risk of van thefts after his own vehicle, containing his entire stock for a fair, was taken from his driveway.
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BADA members get to grips with new EU import legislation
29 May 2024Trade organisation holds event covering regulations that will impact art, antiques and antiquities dealers
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British Museum recovers more stolen works but over 800 objects still missing
24 May 2024The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection.
![Gold Torc](/media/103414/stolen-gold-torc-2645nedi-21-05-2024.jpg?rxy=0.55536028119507908,0.84261501210653755&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133607767650000000)
Ancient gold objects stolen in brazen theft at Ely Museum
21 May 2024Two valuable Bronze Age gold artefacts have been stolen from Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire.
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Dorset police appeal for information following burglary at antiques centre
17 May 2024Lone thief took several high-value items of jewellery
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Christie’s website down, victim of apparent cyberattack
14 May 2024Christie’s has been the victim of an apparent cyberattack that has brought down its website.
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Antique arms and armour trade defends itself in wake of mail sword ban
13 May 2024Antique arms and armour dealers and auctioneers have come together to lobby against couriers restricting delivery of antique examples.
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