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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Ancient antiquities seized from dealer returned to Iraq after British Museum research
10 August 2018Eight Sumerian antiquities seized by the Metropolitan Police from a London dealer in 2003 are to be returned to Iraq after identification by the British Museum.
Egypt recovers Islamic manuscript spotted in Bonhams auction
09 August 2018A rare Islamic manuscript consigned to a Bonhams auction in London has been returned to Egypt in the latest example of Egyptian authorities succeeding in retrieving artefacts from abroad.
UK books trade on alert after US library theft
06 August 2018Rare books and prints valued at millions of dollars remain at large in the international market in the wake of a US library theft.
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EU proposals for the crackdown on cultural goods imports delayed
06 August 2018The European Union’s plan to introduce new laws on the import of cultural goods, due to be voted on this summer, has been delayed until September.
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’Giotto’ export an issue for Italy says High Court
06 August 2018The owner of a rediscovered painting attributed to Giotto has lost a High Court battle over its export from the EU.
ATG letter: Ivory – call for more petitioners
06 August 2018MADAM – My congratulations to Anthony Bernbaum and to Lewis Baer for their excellent letters: Mr Bernbaum’s account of why he left Online Galleries and Mr Baer advocating the creation of a global trade body for the art and antiques sector (ATG No 2352).
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Reward offered for return of £1m worth of antiques and jewellery following raid on Gloucestershire home of biotech tycoon
01 August 2018British biotech entrepreneur Sir Christopher Evans has offered a “substantial reward” to help recover £1m worth of antiques, jewellery and silver stolen in a raid on his home in Gloucestershire.
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Innocent London book dealers caught up in $8m US rare books library theft
30 July 2018High-profile London book dealers Peter Harrington and Maggs Bros have been left out of pocket after an alleged $8m rare books theft from Carnegie Library in the US.
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Government issues export bar for Charles Dickens’ table in hope of finding UK buyer
28 July 2018A table used by novelist Charles Dickens is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of £67,600.
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Owner of rediscovered Giotto valued at £10m loses High Court battle over export
27 July 2018The owner of a rediscovered early Renaissance painting has been blocked from taking the work to Switzerland after a High Court judge rejected her claim over the granting of an export licence.
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US rare book dealer charged in alleged $8m rare books theft from Carnegie Library
26 July 2018A US book dealer has resigned from The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) following charges being made against him in connection with the theft of $8m of books from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
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Persian sculpture seized from London dealer in New York to be returned to Iran
25 July 2018A Persian limestone relief sculpture is to be returned to Iran, a New York court has ruled.
No antiques exemption for knife shipping
23 July 2018An update to the offensive weapons bill (2017-19) could have a negative impact on the shipping of antique swords and knives.
ATG letter: Handy tip on ivory petition
23 July 2018MADAM – ATG readers may know about the online petition created by dealer Alastair Gibson to raise the ivory ‘de minimis’ in the government’s ivory ban (Freya Simms, chief executive of LAPADA, writes). We have just written to our members, in case they wish to support this, to pass on a tip about filling in the online form. I am passing on this information to ATG readers also.
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Ivory: Lords speak out against ‘kafkaesque’ registration rules
23 July 2018The so-called de minimis rule – the requirement to register items containing less than 10% of ivory prior to sale – has been criticised in the House of Lords as the ivory bill continues its progress through parliament.
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Ivory bill's "kafkaesque process of registration" criticised in House of Lords
18 July 2018Members of the House of Lords have called for amendments to the bill to ban the trade in objects made of or containing ivory.
Judges in California shelve law for artist resale right
18 July 2018The 1977 California Resale Royalties Act has effectively been shelved after panel of judges struck down the law – the US’s only ‘droit de suite’ law for visual artists.
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Guelph Treasure claim can go to court in US
16 July 2018A Washington DC appeals court has upheld a decision to allow a ‘Nazi forced sale’ claim against a collection of medieval devotional art to go to trial in the US.
New culture minister urged to introduce digital export licences
16 July 2018New culture minister Jeremy Wright, appointed after a Cabinet reshuffle prompted by the resignation of David Davis and Boris Johnson, is being asked to prioritise the introduction of digital export licences for art works in time for Brexit.
A lawyer writes: The frustrations of chasing faceless identity fraudsters
16 July 2018Taking action against con artists is difficult but a new data protection law can help...
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