Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Charges against New York art dealer Nancy Wiener

ARCA has provided a text-base version of the charges against New York dealer Nancy Wiener [see here].
There are some points to note:
  • apparent falsification of the collecting history ("provenance") of an object
  • apparent consigning genuine objects with other works to provide cover when passing through customs
  • weakness in the policy for accepting lots by a major New York auction house
  • the apparent changing of a stated collecting history by the same major New York auction house
We are particularly interested in co-conspirator #6:
Co-Conspirator #6 and his father are suppliers of illicit cultural property from primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to several recorded conversations, Co-Conspirator #6 has been shipping large quantities of newly dug-up, stolen antiquities from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Thailand, often via Hong Kong, and then to dealers from around the world for more than a decade.
We note:
Co-Conspirator #6, who in the mid-1980s was a child living in Pakistan and England


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