It appears that collectors are avid readers of LM. It seems that they now turn to LM for reliable information about potential purchases. Apparently LM provides information that is not always available from dealers.
And what does that say about the due diligence process in the marketplace?
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Finds from Afrati, Crete
Source of image: Michael C. Carlos Museum Creative Commons The repatriation of Norbert Schimmel's helmets and mitrai from New York's...
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Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
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Detail of the Sophilos dinos © David Gill The Sophilos dinos in the British Museum has been reconstructed from approximately 50 fragments. I...
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Source: Hellenic Consulate General in New York In September 2025 a number of antiquities were seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of ...
3 comments:
and what does that say about collectors.there are ethical collectors out there.
kyri.
Kyri
Indeed there are ethical collectors who do not wish to be associated with some of the people who have encouraged such damage to the archaeological record.
David
Kyri
Indeed there are ethical collectors who do not wish to be associated with some of the people who have encouraged such damage to the archaeological record.
David
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