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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Yesterday, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf ran an editorial suggesting that a notorious Irish criminal gang was "almost certainly" responsible for the burglary and multi-million euro art theft from the Rotterdam Kunsthal in October last year. The source of this speculation was the internationally renowned art detective Charles Hill. According to De Telegraaf:
"The retired English ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Egyptian official chides museums over antiquities
By ULA ILNYTZKY (AP) – 17 hours ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gnwhIM-DHEsZFC9sK0189m06tj0QD9F8556O0
NEW YORK — Egypt's antiquities chief, speaking at a preview of a King Tut exhibition, renewed his attacks on museums he claims have refused to return artifacts that rightfully belong in Egypt.
Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Trails leading to purloined paintings had surprising twists
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR201...
By John Kelly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 12, 2010
There are no gentleman art thieves. There is no dashing playboy who,
after lifting a Titian and stashing it in the hidden compartment of
his Bentley, unzips his jumpsuit to reveal a bespoke tuxedo and then
waltzes ...
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Dear Sir, Mdme,My name is Arthur Brand, Dutch investigative journalist and writer.In this email I am going to reveal quite a serious scandal, involving Bulgarian head prosecutor Kamen Mihov, worlds leading art dealer Ali Abou’Taam, Bulgarian billionaire Vasil Bojkov, the French, Canadian and American ambassadors to Bulgaria, and Homeland Security.
A ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
For those of you interested in the phenomenon of insider we have assembled reports at:
http://www.museum-security.org/?cat=14
At http://www.museum-security.org/insider-theft.pdf texts accompanying power point presentation about insider theft (2005, ever since updated regularly. Further information: Ellie@bruggemansolutions.com)
Also worthwhile reading:
Keeping it safe, keeping it available: theft prevention in special collections
Joel Kovarsky
http://www.librarystudentjournal.org/index.php/lsj/article/viewArticle/37/70
Ton Cremers
Museum Security Network / Museum ...
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
At http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/29907/2008-in-review-art-crimes-of-the-year/?page=1 mr. Charney repeats platitudes about the scope of art crime. Nothing new to report, just a repetition: "Most people assume that art crime consists of only a handful of museum heists each year; in actuality, it has become the third-highest–grossing world criminal trade over the past 40 years, ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Peter Tompa: Brent R. Benjamin of Saint Louis Art Museum Named to CPAC Museum Seat
The White House has announced that Brent R. Benjamin of the Saint Louis Art Museum has been named to a seat on the Cultural Property Advisory Committee to represent the interests of the museum community. Mr. ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
CPAC: New Appointment
Original blog with all links:
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2008/09/cpac-new-appointment.html
While most of us have been following the "credit crunch" and yesterday's surprise vote in Washington (what the BBC has termed a "bail-out failure"), the White House announced a new member of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC): Brent R. Benjamin, Director ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
More options Oct 13, 4:36 pm
Brent Benjamin Appointed to CPAC
(cross-posted with relevant links at
http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/2008/10/brent-benjamin-appointed-to-cpac.html)
Dr. Derek Fincham
The White House announced back in September that President Bush will
nominate Brent R. Benjamin to serve on the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee for three years. David Gill commented on the appointment, as
did Wayne Sayles. Earlier in ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
By our art-crunch correspondents
Hanky-Panky Paulson and Banksy Bernanky
Damien Hirst, the wealthiest artist the world has ever known and a colossus of corporate finance, faces nationalization say City analysts.
As the financial meltdown edged ever closer to the core of the nuclear reactor that is the international banking system, there were mounting ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
* Sept mercenaires pour quatre tableaux commandésSept personnes mises en examenà Marseille, dont cinq écrouées pour les toiles volées http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/c5a1ac1f544ada2b?hl=en
* True or false: Indiana Jones is a plunderer.
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/07750398cee16ba9?hl=en
* The Art Thief: A Novel by Noah Charney. ("the worst I've reviewed in 30 years...")
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/0308cba22798ca59?hl=en
* Bulgarian Looter Caught http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/c857aeaeb3b4a6f8?hl=en
* Florida trio charged ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
* Book review by Tom Flynn: Fiat Cuno (Who Owns Antiquity
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/53b8c31328eef5f4?hl=en
* Beware of Directors Bearing Guidelines?
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/027fdb0472059b1e?hl=en
* Roger Bland to Lecture at Field Museum Regarding Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/db4d55b2fba36076?hl=en
* Les tableaux retrouvés en Moldavie inconnus au musée russe de l'Ermitage
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/50528a8fa9b66a21?hl=en
* Italian police recover 3,500 looted artifacts
http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/72cc55bbdee4cda6?hl=en
* Eremitage-Museum verwundert über ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
The circle of art
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"I'm a believer that beautiful paintings should be seen by people," she says. "Basically, what's in the exhibit are works that we love."
Basicaly all Goudstikker paintings were in public exhibitions. Owing to Marei von Saher (she never even met Goudstikker) many of the Goudstikker paintings have disappeared ...
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