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December 7, 1997
- Key Clues in Boston Art Theft Are Fakes
- Mali presses for museum artifacts (May sue MFA to recover
antiquities)
- New deal offered in Gardner art theft (Inmates insist they can
arrange return)
- Stolen Old Masters raise cash for crime
December 6, 1997
Tape reveals brutal antiques robbery
UNESCO to add Pompeii to special protected list
World Heritage News
QUESTIONABLE COLLECTION MFA pre-Columbian exhibit faces acquisition
queries
Notification of theft, Historical Society of PA
Statement Of United States Attorney Donald K. Stern and FBI
Special-Agent in Charge Barry Mawn Regarding the Gardner Museum
Stolen Art
UN warns of new Pompeii calamity
Park's Initiative Meaningless Without Montana's Agreement
(Yellowstone National Park)
Guatemala moving to reclaim art
US says chips aren't from Rembrandts
December 2, 1997
- Pompeii in peril again after years of official neglect (in 15 years
600 items were stolen)
- Art stolen by Nazi troops
- Stolen Serape
- Sotheby's takes work tied to Nazis off block
- PARK ADVOCACY GROUP CALLS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM "FIRST STEP" IN
SOLVING NATIONAL PARK CONGESTION
- Wife of artwork tipster found dead
- What's the real dirt on the `Sunflowers' paintings by van Gogh?
- Family says art will be returned if it was stolen
- Stricken basilica in Assisi to reopen
- Thieves escape with Picasso from Swiss home
November 24, 1997
Phony cleric arrested in thefts from churches
stolen Art report: at http://museum-security.org/ there is a link to
images of artworks stolen and additional information.
Man slashes Newman painting in Amsterdam museum
Auction houses battle with artists over copyright fees.
Professor urges halt to painting restoration
British experts join Van Gogh 'fake' inquiry
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT A ROAD IN NEW MEXICO, EVEN IF YOU LIVE IN
NEW JERSEY... (National Park)
November 20, 1997
Cartier jewels snatched in skylight raid on workshop
Police stage a £5m stolen antiques road show
Technology offers theft victims hope
Quake-damaged Assisi frescoes may need repainting
books by F. Scott Fitzgerald were reported missing and believed
stolen from Special Collections and Archives at the James Branch
Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,
Virginia.
November 18 and 19, 1997
Hazy pasts cloud some local art
Ministers urged to back campaign against art theft
Welshman claims to have painted many prized indigenous works
Aboriginal art world is rocked by fresh scandal)
Restored Windsor Castle rises from the ashes
NPCA CALLS FOR BROADER PARK SERVICE ROLE IN REGULATING TOUR
FLIGHTS (of National Park interest)
(Philadelphia Inquirer) National Gallery exhibit may have had
stolen works. Experts say Nazis looted the items displayed in 1990.
Youngworth denies he has control of stolen Gardner art By Stephen
Kurkjian, Globe Staff, 11/18/97
Stolen swords draw attention of the FBI
Entertainer Seeks Paintings Seized at Drug Deal Courts: Wayne
Newton had testified at bankruptcy proceeding that he bought the
artworks for a friend. Now he says some of the paintings, which
another man tried to trade for cocaine, are really his.
Envoys accused over antiquities: AN EMINENT archaeologist has
accused diplomats of using diplomatic bags to smuggle illegally
excavated antiquities from their countries of origin, (Dalya Alberge
writes).
Family questioned over lost Old Masters By Bruce Johnston in Rome
FLORENCE police were yesterday investigating the disappearance of 100
Old Master paintings from a private collection believed subsequently
to have been taken abroad in contravention of strict export laws.
FEATURECambodia's heritage another casualty of war 12:12 a.m.
Nov 19, 1997 Eastern By Chris McCall
November 17,1997
In Italy, precious ruins are being loved to death
Sweden gives aboriginal skull back to Australia
New wave of thieving strikes after Cambodian coup
news flash (library thief Gilbert Bland)
ON MUSEUMS / An Explosive Scene, a Lock On the Crowds
November 15, 1997
Dealer sentenced; hope lives for art deal
In Italy, History Depletes Itself
Sotheby's shares drop by 6% after art auction 'flop'
Renoir's 'Bather' fetches $20.9 million
NPCA URGES YELLOWSTONE TO POSTPONE ROAD CLOSINGS
Why Does New York City Still Illegally Arrest, Harass and Persecute
Street Artists? The Answer Is B.I.D.s (Business Improvement Districts)
A remarkable recovery!
November 14, 1997
Youngworth wins round in court / Figure in arts talks won't face key
charge
Sotheby's black night follows rival's day of triumph
Hermitage's Elusive Entrance Frustrates American Tourist
November 10-13,1997
Differences stall art negotiations; Authorities at odds with duo on
return of Gardner works
NPCA TO SCRUTINIZE GETTYSBURG MUSEUM PROPOSAL IN EFFORT TO PROTECT
PARK INTEGRITY
Re: Art Fraud? - Lessons from the Denney Collection
Cincinnati drops charge that Yoko Ono art was vandalized
Thieves steal Cambodia's ancient treasures of Angkor
EU rules threaten London art market
American Civil War relics stolen in Philadelphia
Prince's jewels stolen by Italian cat burglar ( including a pair of
18-carat yellow gold Faberge cufflinks once owned by Tsar Nicholas II
of Russia)
Art Theft, WWII and Museum Ethics
Many antiques stolen from dealers found at one dealer's home (Shops
and auction houses have been hit. Chris G. Ritter is charged with
receiving stolen property).
robbery victims identify Bensalem man as assailant (Two said Bruce C.
Irwing of Bensalem was part of a trio that stole antiques from
them).
November 9, 1997
THE ART WORLD'S SPOILS OF WAR
Murky histories cloud some local art.
By Maureen Goggin and Walter V. Robinson, Globe Staff (another proof
of The Boston Globe's high standard investigative journalism!)
November 8, 1997
RE: Stolen Art Database
Re: (Fwd) UCLA computer theft
Man charged with vandalizing Ono painting says she's his hero
Fine-art dealer admits duping Nicholson and other celebrities
NOVEMBER 1 -7, 1997
* Burrell's ban on lending artworks is lifted by peers
* House Votes to Protect Headwaters, Yellowstone (National Park) *
NIMRUD RELIEFS FOR SALE ( stream of reliefs looted from Assyrian sites
in Iraq continues to flow westward) * £5m painting found on church
wall * Shroud 'is genuine' (forgery) * The Scandal of the
Century; The Mansoor Amarna Exposé * B'nai B'rith Calls on
National Gallery of Art to Explain Buhrle Exhibit ( exhibit "The
Passionate Eye: Impressionist and Other Master Paintings from the
Collection of Emil G. Buhrle" featured art stolen from Jewish
collectors, and the collector was a known Nazi arms dealer) *
Youngworth cites financial problems (Isabelle Stewart Gardner
Museum) * Munich raid strikes out Cyprus art smuggling ring *
Blaze damages castle of Dukes of Savoy in France * Mariotto di
Nardo (1394-1424) painting stolen from Dutch museum * Fall River
man charged in cemetery gate theft * Defacer of Yoko Ono
paintings says he was invited * Rembrandt self-portrait found in
Paris bedroom * Missing $50 Million Rembrandt at Focus of Law
Suit * Re: (Fwd) Theft from historic house * query:
'fraudulently" selling and trading $750,000.00 worth of the Brooklyn
Museum's primitive art in the 70's * £500,000 atlas by Ptolemy is
stolen By Susannah Herbert in Paris * Israel Museum exhibit stirs
furor
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