Chapter 12. Mythology Of The Antiquities Market

Elia, Ricardo J.

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“…14 This ancient heritage has immense historic, religious, and cultural significance to the 10 According to Elia [18], "This basic outline of how the antiquities market works as an economic system has been well know for almost a decade. The adoption of the UNESCO cultural property convention in 1970 brought the topic of looting and the illicit trade to the world's attention.…”

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“…While founded in London and now based in New York, Sotheby's actually has a sizable presence in Asia, with 10 offices in the region and regular auctions in Hong Kong. 18 Since holding its first sale of East Asian art in 1922, it has also become an established dealer of South and Southeast Asian art, whose "auctions have set record prices for traditional sculptures and works of art" [35,36]. Sotheby's Department of Indian and Southeast Asian Art now maintains offices in London, Geneva, Paris, Zurich, and New York [36].…”

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“…Forgeries of provenances have become as commonplace as forged antiquities." ( [18]; p. 245). 31 Land Law art.…”

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Supply and demand: exposing the illicit trade in Cambodian antiquities through a study of Sotheby’s auction house

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Looting, the Antiquities Trade, and Competing Valuations of the Past

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2018

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Looting and spoliation of archaeological sites represent a known crisis in many parts of the world, and it is widely acknowledged that despite what we know about the scale of site destruction, the reality is worse. Available evidence suggests that the scale and severity of looting are increasing. Legal and ethical remedies exist but have not proven adequate to reduce the impact of looting and antiquities trafficking. This reflects, in part, inadequate resources and uneven enforcement, and also the pressures of rising prices for antiquities, growing market demand, severe economic depression, and lawlessness, particularly in conflict zones. But it also reflects expanding ideological causes for site destruction by others, as well as competing epistemologies and deontological expectations within the discipline itself challenging the site preservation imperative in archaeology. More than ten years ago, a previous review of these topics found the response inadequate; a decade later, matters are worse.

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Decolonising and Displaying Ancient Palestine: Baron Plato von Ustinow’s Collection of Antiquities

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Berczelly

2021

Classical Art and Archaeology

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This paper examines how Plato von Ustinow (1833-1920/21), a Russian aristocrat and German baron, became one of the nineteenth century’s most prolific collectors of antiquities from Israel, Palestine and the surrounding areas. It investigates how Ustinow collected archaeological artefacts and displayed them in an ʽexhibition hallʼ located at his home Hôtel du Parc, in Jaffa (Tel Aviv), from 1878 to 1913. Until recently, Ustinow’s private museum has been interpreted in the light of cultural revitalisation, as well as a sentimental attempt to inspire research and provide educational resources. However, post-colonial studies demonstrate that during the nineteenth- and early twentieth centuries, scholars from Europe and the USA sought ʽproofʼ of past civilisations. Today, collections that were constructed from this kind of cultural material are considered problematic. Many heritage sites and items of global importance were destroyed, disturbed, pillaged, traded and included in public and private collections without contextual information. The present text takes a deep dive into the history and formation of the Ustinow collection, now in the Museum of Cultural Heritage in Oslo, seeking to recover (to the extent possible) the wealth of empirical evidence which can further elucidate archaeological material from the Near East.

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Chapter 12. Mythology Of The Antiquities Market

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Supply and demand: exposing the illicit trade in Cambodian antiquities through a study of Sotheby’s auction house

Supply and demand: exposing the illicit trade in Cambodian antiquities through a study of Sotheby’s auction house

Looting, the Antiquities Trade, and Competing Valuations of the Past

Decolonising and Displaying Ancient Palestine: Baron Plato von Ustinow’s Collection of Antiquities

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