Can't find a dealers' Code of Ethics??? Is there perhaps a reason?

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On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm doing research for my master's thesis in museum studies, on the
> antiquities trade.  I'm looking for codes of ethics of art dealers
> and/or auction houses, that address the issue of illicit antiquities
> and cultural property.
>
> I need to find the code of ethics of the International Association of
> Dealers in Ancient Art.  I've looked online and have come close to
> finding a website, but no cigar.  I've called Sotheby's in New York,
> and got the phone number for the National Association of Dealers in
> Ancient, Oriental and Primitive Art, but got an answering machine.
> If they have a code of ethics as well, I'd like to get a copy of that.
>
> Does anyone know the websites for the IADAA or NADAOPA, or have a
> copy of their code of ethics?  Or do you know of similar
> organizations and codes of ethics?  Thank you for your help.
>
> Yours,
> Eve Brockmann
> San Francisco State University
>
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