Anonymous Swiss Collector

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Maya artefacts and Mexican bandits: trafficking tall tales

Posted on 1 July 2014

A most unbelievable story of a looted (or fake) Maya book and mask.

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Loopholes: dealers and museums profit from ‘charitable’ donations

Posted on 10 March 2014

A tax break scheme exposed in 1981 involving unprovenanced pre-Columbian antiquities

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Antiquities dealer Leonardo Patterson arrested in Spain

Posted on 12 April 2013

Antiquities dealer, smuggler, and twice (at least) convicted felon Leonardo Patterson has been arrested in Spain

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