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  • Stolen Art and Antiques on the Web (presented by Jonathan Sazonoff)

    Index of the Cultural Property Loss Websites
    which publish losses and recoveries, effective August 1998-
    a guide for those who check cultural propery availability on Internet

     

    REMINDER OF WHAT TO DO FIRST:

    1. When there is a loss, make the police report locally, not on Internet.
    2. Use these websites to prevent illegal resale and encourage recovery. Do not enter sensitive information on email\Internet.
    3. Consider sharing this by email with others who can use this information, with Internet and without Internet. Internet continues to grow and change without notice. Please bring useful additions and NOTE: In most countries, a search for lost or stolen property (clear "title" search) on websites is not legally sufficient ("due diligence") for purchase.

    INDEX OF LOST AND STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY WEBSITES:

    A. Registers with more than 1000 items
    B. Categorical loss sites
    C. Single theft or loss sites
    D. No site is too small
    [All sites here were asked to cooperate and coordinate with each other and the police. This has already prevented illegal resale of property. It is a pleasure to assist people to check before buying. David Liston.]

    A. CULTURAL PROPERTY REGISTERS WITH MORE THAN 1000 ITEMS

    Items with ** do not have open registers on Internet.
    A1. ART LOSS REGISTER, associated with International Foundation for Art Research, Inc, New York, NY, USA.
    http://www.artloss.com/, Email alrnewyork@aol.com,
    Fax 0 212 262-4831
    TO SEARCH a record: requires $payment, requires TEL assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires $payment, requires TEL assistance
    INCLUDES: ALL categories
    *minimum property $value for entry\*uses Getty OBJect ID format\*ENGLish
    *Download stolen object forms from the website.
    *Some losses published in Journal of Internat Foundation for Art Research.

    A2. COLLECTORS.ORG, with Antiques & Collectibles Dealer Association and the AntiqueWeek Newspapers, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.

    http://www.collectors.org/doc/thefts.htm , Email: theft-info@collectors.org, Fax 01 301-926-7648
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    INCLUDES: American antiques
    *ENGLish

    A3. INTERLOC, Southworth, WA, USA.

    http://www.interloc.com/lost/index.htm, Email interloc@interloc.com, Fax 01 360-871-5626
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    INCLUDES: BOOKS and manuscripts
    *Requires $ to match buying and selling of rare books\*ENGLish

    A4. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS

    , New York, NY, USA. http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/stolen.html, Email erd@mhv.net, Fax 01 212-944-8293
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    INCLUDES: BOOKS manuscripts and signatures\autographs
    *Requires free registration with use of a password
    *ENGLish\ *Autograph thefts at http://www.abaa-booknet.com/usa/theft

    A5A.**INTERPOL-GENERAL SECRETARIAT**

    , Lyon, FRANCE.
    http://www.interpol.com
    Enter "The most wanted works of art" and "Frequently Asqued Questions (FAQ) about stolen works of art".
    Contact through your state or federal agency or non US Interpol office first.
    *POLice information website \*ENGLish, FREnch, SPAnish
    *Enter "The Most Wanted Works of Art"
    *Security equipment advertised as "Police Procurement Form."
    *Websites also in CAN, ESP, JPN, NOR, SAF, TUR, and USA.

    A5B.**INTERPOL-WASHINGTON NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU (NCB)**

    , Washington, DC, USA.
    http://www.usdoj.gov/usncb/cultural.htm
    Contact through your state or federal agency or non US Interpol office first.
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$ payment, requires TEL assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$ payment, requires TEL assistance
    INCLUDES: ALL categories
    *POLice information website \*ENGLish

    A6. SAZ PRODUCTIONS, INC (50 items on line, 900 items in progress)

    , Chicago, IL, USA.
    http://www.saztv.com , Email art-theft@webtv.net
    , Fax 01 773-772-8061
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$ payment, requires NO assistance
    INCLUDES: ALL categories
    *LIMited records\*Connected to art theft investigator
    *Great links to LIMited record websites elsewhere.\ *ENGLish

    A7.**TRACE MAGAZINE (Thesaurus) Active Crime Tracking System (ACTS)**

    , London, ENGland, UK.
    http://www.trace.co.uk/index_frame.htm, Email Trace@thesaurus.co.uk, Fax: 44 171-487-4211
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$payment, requires NO assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires $payment, requires TEL assistance
    INCLUDES: ALL categories
    *Provides auction schedules, valuers, products\services, and gallery.
    Requires magazine subscription.\*ENGLish
    *Useful Code for Due Dilligence Checks (Title search before purchase)
    *See Council for the Prevention of Art Theft (CoPAT) under TRACE.

    A8.**US FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)**

    , Washington, DC, USA.
    http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/arttheft/art.htm
    Contact through your state or federal agency or non US Interpol office first.
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$ payment, requires TEL assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$ payment, requires TEL assistance
    INCLUDES: ALL categories
    *POLice information website\*Getty OBJect ID format\*ENGLish
    *Gardner Museum theft at http://fbi.gov/majcases/artheft/boston/htm

    B. CATEGORICAL LOSS SITES:

    B1. Afganistan and Nepal art

    (162 and 200 items), Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. Afgan\Kabul Museum photographs from the Huntington Archive records.
    http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/loststolen/losto.html Email glowski.1@osu.edu

    B2. American antiques and fine art (50 items), Maine Antiques Digest Magazine

    , Waldoboro, ME, USA.
    http://ww.maineantiquedigest.com, Email mad@maine.com, Fax 01 207-832-7341
    *Provides auction\fair schedules, appraisers, links, links, auction catalogs.
    *Publicizes stolen, unclaimed articles in "Is this Yours?"
    *LIMited records\ *ENGLish

    B3. American Art (? items), Fine And Decorative Arts Online\Advanced Digital Images

    , Tulsa, OK, USA.
    Requires TEL assistance. *Downline stolen form online.
    http://www.fineanddecorativeart.com/theft.htm
    *ENGLish

    B4. American art and collectables.

    (12 items in 4 thefts), World-Wide Collectors Digest, Owings Mills, MD, USA.
    http://www.wwcd.com/tfra/tfra.html, Email prod@wwcd.com, Fax 01 410-363-8698
    *ENGLish

    B5. American fine and applied art (10 items), TroubleShooters International security and recovery services, including investigations and security shipping

    , Gainesville, FL, USA.
    http://www.tshooters.com/stolen/misc.htm, Email snowflake@tshooters.com, Fax 01 352 343-3864
    *ENGLish

    B6. American native pieces (150 items-mostly Navajo and Plains Indians), Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association (ATADA)

    , Albuquerque, NM, USA,
    http://www.atada.org/index.html, Email ramorris@monumental.com
    *ENGLish

    B7. Ancient Greek and Roman coins (385 items), Kalat Archaeological Field School

    , Cordici Museum, Erice, ITALIA.
    http://www.infcom.it/kalat/monetiere/indexuk.html, Email kalat@infsun.infcom.it, Fax 39 923.87.3844
    *ENGLish, ITAlian, ESPanish

    B8. Belgian art (11 items), Antiques World Belgium

    , Brussels, Belgium
    http://www.antiques-world.com/k, Email antiques.world@pophost.eunet.be, Fax 32 2 503 08 26
    *ENGLish, *FREnch

    B9. Brazilian religious art (500 items), Instituto do Patrimonio Historica e Artistico Nacional (IPHAN), Brasilia, Brazil.
    http://www2.iphan.gov.br/bensprocurados, Email rbruno@internetcom.com.br,
    Pol cia Federal/INTERPOL Fax 55 61 223-6331, IPHAN Fax 55 61 414-6134
    * PORtugues

    B10. British antiques (40 items and references to more) The Antiques-Index, Sutton Winston Insurers, London, England, UK. Items wanted for purchase, for sale, and for auction on line.
    http://www.antiques-index.com/, Email info@antiques-index.com
    *ENGLish

    B11. British applied\decorative art (187 items), Salvo Theft Alerts, Salvo Theft Database, County Police Alert Network

    , Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, UK.
    http://salvo.theft-alerts.com, Email salvo@scotborders.co.uk, Fax 44 1890 820499
    (RECOVERY RATES 1995: 14%; 1996: 19%; 1997: 11%; 1998(until Aug) Theft Alerts: 22; Items stolen: 56; Items known recovered: 0; Recovery Rate: 0%)
    *ENGLish

    B12. British London area art (28 stolen items and 112 recoveries), London Metropolitan Police\Scotland Yard Art & Antique Squad Operation Bumblebee Property Bank

    , London, England, UNITED KINGDOM.
    http://www.met.police.uk/police/mps/mps/bumbleb/bis-0.htm#index, Tel 44 171 230 3439
    *ENGLish

    B13. European art (1 item), European Art Networks AB (EURAN)

    , Stockholm, SWEDEN.
    http://www.euran.com/stolenart.htm, Email euran@swipnet.se
    *ENGLish

    B14. European-World War II Beutekunst-Looted Art (5 items) Research Catalog\Spoils of War Newsletter covering 10 countries, Koordinierungstelle der Länder für die Rückführung von Kulturgütern\ CoordiTreasures

    , Magdeburg, DEUTSCHLAND.
    http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/, Email KSTdLfdRvK@aol.com, Fax 49 391 567-3857
    *ENGLish, GERman

    B15. European-World War II Stolen Art resources (no items) US Holocaust Museum

    , Washington, DC, USA.
    http://www.ushmm.org/assets/ushmm4.htm, Email wfisher@ushmm.org, Fax 01 202 488-2693
    *ENGLish

    B16. French art (19 items), Exolart Art Services, Registration, and Newsletter, using PRAL Art System

    , Nice, FRANCE.
    http://www.imaginet.fr/exolart/pres-services/specialites/oeuvres/vol.html
    Email exolart@usa.net, Fax 33 493 870 038
    *FREnch, ENGLish, GERman, ESPanish

    B17. French art (73 items), French National Police Central Office Against Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property\l'Office Central de lutte contre le trafic des biens culturels (OCCB)

    , Paris, FRANCE
    http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/pages/informa/oa1.htm, Fax 33 1.49.27.49.27
    *FREnch

    B18. French art (29 items), Robbed Art Webzine - Art Vole Magazine

    , Paris, FRANCE (managed from CA, USA).
    http://www.infozines.com/robbf.htm, Email actua@dial.oleane.com
    *ENGLish, FREnch

    B19. German art (24 items), German National Police Criminal Art Search\ Bundeskrimininalamt meistgesuchte Kunstwerke Deutschlands

    , Wiesbaden, DEUTSCHLAND.
    http://www.bka.de/fahndung/kunstwerke/, Email kunstwerke@bka.de, Tel 49 6121 611 55-1
    *GERman

    B20. Italian applied art (9 items), Lineart

    , Tornio, ITALIA.
    http://www.lineart.it/index.html, Email info@lineart.it
    *ITAlian, ENGLish

    B21. Modern paintings (3 items), Wysiwyg Internet Site for Artists

    , London, England, UK.
    http://www.wysi.demon.co.uk/pages/artmatte.htm, Email webmaster@wysi.demon.co.uk, Tel 44 181 902 2675
    *ENGLish

    B22. Polish paintings (6 items), Lapidarium Detective Service

    , Warszawa, POLONIA.
    http://viprofix.com/stolen/, Email kilinski@pol.pl, Tel/Fax 48 22 635 68 28
    *POLish, ENGLish, GERman, JPNese, FREnch, ESPanish

    B23. Spanish art (4 items), Spain's Guardia Civil

    , Madrid, ESPANA.
    http://www.guardiacivil.org/gc/cua/robart2.htm, Email webmaster@guardiacivil.org, Tel 34 1 91-514 60 00
    *ESPanish

    B24. Swedish insured art losses (17 items, Alert All AB Insurance Company

    , Stockholm, SWEDEN. Also lists automobiles and boats. Entering a record requires free registration.
    http://www.alert-all.se/, Email info@alert-all.se, Fax 46 70 411 80
    *ENGLish

    C. SINGLE THEFT AND LOSS SITES:

    C1. 22 Jan 1998 and more book theft lookout broadcast for James Gilreath:

    http://abebooks.com/theft.htm

    C2. 26-27 Apr 1997 Merle Rosen Studio, Cincinnati, OH, USA, painting theft

    C3. 16 Nov 1996 Austin Visual Arts Association, TX, USA painting theft

    http://www.viewtopia.com/missing.htm

    C4. 7 Aug 1996, 90 Indian baskets stolen from the Sierra Mono Indian Museum, North Fork, CA, USA,

    http://www.bestinwest.com/bdir/cdir/basket.html, Email Roughcut@bestinwest.com, Tel 01 209 642-3201

    C5. 20 Nov 1995 Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, painting theft

    http://www.hia.com/bayfront/bg-home.html

    C6. 26 Oct 1995, 23 Maitz and Wurts fantasy paintings from a Federal Express delivery van in Baltimore, MD, USA.

    http://www.westol.com/~trystane/StolenArtwork/index.html, Tel 01 410 396-2411.

    C7. 18 Mar 1990 Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, USA, painting theft

    http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/arttheft/boston.htm
    http://www.ccsf.caltech.edu/%7eroy/vermeer/gyc.html

    C8. 1977-1982 dates Medici-Lanza Gallery, Gluck Sandor Collection painting thefts

    http://art-collector.com/sandor/stolen/stolenx.htm

    C9. 16 Apr 1969 Museum of the Cross, Sarasota, FL, USA, Ben Stahl painting theft

    http://www.freelaunch.com/museum/history.html

    C10. Recently, 29 native art pieces, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC, CANADA.

    http://www.swifty.com/stolen.html, Email woodman@pinc.com

    D. NO SITE IS TOO SMALL

    to contribute or to overlook, even those in development and temporarily off line, especially if it contributes to a recovery or return. Internet changes every day. We ask you European art, (no items yet), Global Retrieval, Access and Information System for Property Items (GRASP), European Community 4th Framework RTD Programme, A Consortium of Metropolitan Police Service odeluke Politiediensten of NL, Ministerio de Cultura of ES, and Ministry of Culture of GRE.
    http://www.arttic.com/GRASP/default.html, Email: aw@arttic.com, Fax 49 40 36 75 17
    *ENGLish

    Belgian art (26 items) not yet completed

    http://star.glo.be/mcampo/, Email guy.campo@aldvalvas.be
    http://www.art-finder.com/
    http://www.stolenart.com/

    Canadian native people cultural theft

    http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk.art/art.html

    Arthema (no losses or thefts posted: only items for sale)

    http://www.Arthema.com/cgi/WantedItems.asp
    TO SEARCH a record: requires NO$payment, requires NO? assistance
    TO ENTER a record: requires NO$payment, requires NO? assistance
    INCLUDES: ALL categories
    *Not stolen items but: wanted to buy ("Wanted") and for sale ("Items"),
    *Accepts commercial advertising.\*ENGLish
    *Auction schedules "Events", products\services "Directories" and articles "News