tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post872629167746211426..comments2024-03-20T18:15:41.858+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: Toxic Antiquities: Concern for DealersDavid Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-57375249221867970912011-01-11T21:22:53.605+00:002011-01-11T21:22:53.605+00:00Why?
What does it mean "not a major issue?&...Why? <br /><br />What does it mean "not a major issue?" <br /><br />Who made it not a major issue, and why? <br /><br />Obviously in the wider art market, provenence is everything - to avoid for example Nazi-stolen art and link works with authors and patrons, so why was the antiquities-art market any different? <br /><br />Why did dealers and buyers NOT want a check that the objects on the market were not - in one way or another - stolen? <br /><br />Why did nobody involved in this trade seek the answer to these questions 15-20 years ago? <br /><br />We are constantly assured that the market is full of licit items, the problems begin when we ask to have them demonstrated to us and it turns out that for a market allegedly "full of" them, demonstrable examples are REALLY thin on the ground... cal".Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-75029081866078115832011-01-11T19:03:04.925+00:002011-01-11T19:03:04.925+00:00pre 1970s paper trail is very rare.20-30 years ago...pre 1970s paper trail is very rare.20-30 years ago provenance was not a major issue in collecting antiquities so to say that every antiquitie without a pre 1970s paper trail is "toxic"is a rather simplistic view considering the collecting habbits of the 1950s-60s collector.it is only in the last 5-10 years that provenance has become paramount.calling any piece "toxic"makes a good headline but doesnt do anything to solve the problem that demand is driving the looting.as collectors we can all bury our head in the sand ,like some do,but i realise there is as a link between illicitly excavated pieces and the antiquities market [the medici affair proved as much] <br />i am a collector and try to buy as ethicaly as posible,as long as a piece has at least 15-20 years solid provenace and i know it was not dug up yesterday,thats about as good as it gets im afraid.<br />kyrikyrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725342826698223232noreply@blogger.com