Marketplace - Trafficking
Despite please from Mexico, sale of pre-Columbian works goes ahead and brings in €1.2 million
Despite attempts by Mexico to halt an auction of pre-Columbian artefacts, the sale by Alexandre Millon went ahead on September 18th at Drouot in Paris. The artefacts that have caused […]
Germany returns two paintings to heirs of Jewish art collector and businessman
In the latest in restitution news, Germany has returned another two paintings taken during World War II. This time, the works have gone back to the heirs of a well-known […]
Sibling rivalry is taken to the next level as brother sues brother over the sale of a Warhol ‘Moonlanding’ prints
Anyone with siblings knows the knock-down-drag-out fights that you ended up in as kids, but this is a case in which a dispute between siblings is headed to court. On […]
Jamaica calls on British Museum to return artefacts
Amid heightening tensions concerning the repatriation of items currently residing at large institutions, Jamaica has joined the list of countries looking for the return of culturally significant items. Before Jamaica’s […]
Collector says New York lawyer swindled him out of Constantin Brancusi sculpture, files lawsuit
Long-time art collector Stuart Pivar has filed a lawsuit against New York lawyer John McFadden for allegedly tricking Pivar into selling an artwork to him for far less than it […]
City of Krefeld rejects claims to Mondrian paintings
Four paintings by Piet Mondrian, the Dutch abstract pioneer, have been at the centre of a dispute over ownership and on July 2nd, the German city of Krefeld rejected the […]
Despite Egyptian protests, sculpture of Tutankhamun sells for £4.7 million
Estimated to reach as much as £4 million at auction, a partial statue of the Egyptian god Amen in the likeness of Tutankhamun ultimately realized more than £4.7 million (£5.97 […]
