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1 Million Euros for Illicit Antiquities Research at Glasgow

Posted on 14 February 2012

Look at that! An article in the Guardian

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Licit antiquities: The Art of Marian Maguire

Posted on 6 February 2012

In a slight departure from the usual, today I want to talk about totally licit art.

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Hot Off the Presses: the latest International Journal of Cultural Property

Posted on 4 February 2012

A slight toot of my own horn

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Personal Stats, Disturbing Searches

Posted on 4 February 2012

There has always been a lot of talk about quantifying the invisible trade in antiquities

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17 Great Archaeology Blogs on the Anitquities Trade and Looting

Posted on 4 February 2012

I am honestly touched to say that this blog has been featured

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Neurologically speaking, ascribed “authenticity” matters to us

Posted on 22 December 2011

“Authenticity” is such an interesting part of art crime and illicit antiquities research.

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Ad implications: Helping us all get through customs

Posted on 21 December 2011

For the past few months I have been meaning to write about an ad that was featured in the Economist.

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Peruvian MOU hearing: submitted to an email list

Posted on 15 December 2011

I would like to thank everyone who voiced their support for the continuation of import restrictions on antiquities from Bolivia

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Gold monkey head finally going back to Perú

Posted on 13 December 2011

The New Mexico History Museum has just announced that is is returning a particularly dubious (and well known) artifact to Perú.

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Provenience Curation? The MFA’s response and responsibility

Posted on 12 December 2011

The Boston Globe has published an article on the Museum of Fine Arts

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US/Bolivia MOU Extended!

Posted on 11 December 2011

The US/Bolivia MOU has been extended!

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Returns from a Swiss Collector: Anonymity Amnesty?

Posted on 11 December 2011

Continuing with the idea of the anonymous Swiss collector as an auction catalogue trope, I want to raise the question of returns.

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