There has been a marked decrease in the value of antiquities sold at auction in New York during 2016. This is partly due to the splitting of sales between London and New York rather than the usual two sales a year. The combined sales of Sotheby's and Christie's in New York for 2016 were half that of the combined sales in both 2014 and 2015.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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A head of Hermes from a genuinely old Italian collection
Source: San Antonio Museum of Art Among the deaccessioned items from the San Antonio Museum of Art in January 2022 was a marble head of Herm...
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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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Tarentine funerary relief Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art The Manhattan DA has provided limited details about the recent return of antiqu...
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If international museums can no longer "own" antiquities either through purchase on the antiquities market or through partage , wh...

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