tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post2530913944508012092..comments2024-03-20T18:15:41.858+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: Egyptian antiquities: "a smoke screen"?David Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-51328712209814545902011-03-12T19:24:59.543+00:002011-03-12T19:24:59.543+00:00Dear Mr Pearlstein
Thank you for your comments. I ...Dear Mr Pearlstein<br />Thank you for your comments. I am glad that you state "nobody wants the US markets to serve as a conduit or haven for stolen art". I am sure you would wish to include material that appears in photographic archives such as the Medici Dossier and the Schinousa Archive. <br />All of us --- archaeologists, museum curators, dealers, and lawyers --- need to work together to protect the universal archaeological heritage.<br />With best wishes<br />DavidDavid Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-50292039517532122092011-03-12T18:48:36.859+00:002011-03-12T18:48:36.859+00:00Dear David,
Thank you so much for posting my quot...Dear David,<br /><br />Thank you so much for posting my quote (or vice verse). Some nuance was lost in the interview and editorial process. What I had hoped to convey is that the existence of looting in Egypt probably won't make a difference in any contested repatriation case involving allegedly stolen art. Those all turn on the facts of the case. The reality is that looted objects are generally unmarketable in today's transparent markets. Moreover, nobody wants the US markets to serve as a conduit or haven for stolen art.<br /><br />The larger issue is whether, after the widespread destruction of museums and archeological sites in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, the notion of all-encompassing, unconditional, national retention of cultural property remains sound. <br /><br />Differences of opinion remain and different people will draw different conclusions. But recent events seem to be thickening the discussion.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />William Pearlstein<br />New York, New YorkWilliam Pearlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737284900491926688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-53490554986681791182011-03-11T13:08:02.215+00:002011-03-11T13:08:02.215+00:00What should happen with SLAM vs the US over Ka-Nef...What should happen with SLAM vs the US over Ka-Nefer-Nefe? <a href="http://safecorner.savingantiquities.org" rel="nofollow">Share you views here.</a>SAFECORNERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115233402243608004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-33997343196912110202011-03-11T06:38:54.231+00:002011-03-11T06:38:54.231+00:00This has also appeared as: "Egypt Is Looted, ...This has also appeared as: "Egypt Is Looted, and Curators Balk", <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_12/b4220015661759.htm" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg Business Week</a> March 10, 2010.David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.com