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Reports about incidents with cultural property
JULY 1997.


    July 31,
     - Italy Cops Recover $3M in Art
     - John Lennon etchings stolen from Amsterdam Gallery

     July 30,
     Natural formations accessible, vulnerable (Even landmarks as
     sacred as the Eye of the Needle aren't safe from mindless
     vandals; tourists break off pieces of cave formations for
     souvenirs)

     July 28,
     - Latest news on the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
     - Art registry did not inform Met of claim
     - Re: again: museum fire caused by construction work
     - Re: again: museum fire caused by construction work
     - Crime in museums & galleries
     - Dutch customs find stolen atlases
     - Greek students in Britain begin campaign for Parthenon Marbles'
     return - City history society seeks to sell its art - German Cops
     Seize Alleged Stolen Art

     July 25,
     - Stolen-art claims shake N.Y. museum
     - Re: again: museum fire caused by construction work
     - China Joins Pact on Stolen Relics
     - Texas family wants Romanov jewels held for factory

     July 24,
     - Paris museum blaze causes less damage than feared
     - U.S. to return stolen manuscripts

     July 23,
     French firefighters douse Paris museum blaze
     Fire broke out in an area of the roof that was being renovated!!
     AGAIN: remember the Hofburg in Vienna, Windsor Castle, and the
     Royal Academy (May 4, ). All these fires were caused by
     construction work. This is the third museum fire within three
     months: Royal Academy (May), Tate Gallery (June).....

     July 22,
     - Non-heritage crime in museums
     - Dead Sea Scrolls Still Disputed
     - aboriginal art australia
     - $33m worth of artifacts bound for trafficking recovered in Iran

     July 20,
     - stolen painting
     - Sotheby's cuts antiquity sales over 'smuggling' (Sotheby's
     Moving Sales to New York) - Shrine threatened by flooding -
     Bulldozers threaten Matisse villa

     July 18,
     - Russian minister criticises Bonn on art booty
     - War criminal Tadic's art pleases London diners
     - Albania violence threatens treasured ancient city
     - 'Betrayed' antiques expert awarded £200,000
     - Britain freezes £16m art sale to America (The Getty Museum is
     angry over an export delay on a Poussin from Sudeley Castle) -
     The Unfinished History of the Aksum Obelisk Return

     July 16,
     - Move to weed out 'rogue' security firms
     - British Sculptor Charged With Stealing Body Parts

     July 14,
     - France returns artwork looted by Nazis to owner
     (two articles: Reuter and Boston Globe
     - Rain seriously destroys major naive art collection (our source:
     Art Daily at: http://www.artdaily.com/) - Investigation into
     possible Cincinnati school art fraud continues - VALLEY ART
     THEFTS CONFORM TO TREND; L.A. BECOMING TARGET FOR HEISTS

     July 12,
     - The Lost Museum, the Nazi conspiracy to steal the world's
     greatest works of art. - Family in fight for £300m 'war loot' -
     House Rejects Block Grant Funding For Arts - Italy Contests
     University Donation

     July 11,
     Grand jury begins hearing art case

     July 10,
     - stealing Absolute Vodka ads from magazines
     - Historic house saved from partial demolition
     - Fire hits Paris law courts near historic church (Sainte
     Chapelle)

     July 9,
     - Recovering stolen art takes decades of patience
     - Japanese owner of 'Sunflowers' says it's no fake
     - Forgotten sculpture rescued

     July 5,
     - Russia parliament angry over Yeltsin art rejection
     - United States makes formal commitment with Peru protecting
     their cultural artifacts - Burglar was expert 'worthy of part on
     Antiques Roadshow' - Security camera can find a face in crowds -
     Moscow digs for Ivan's (the Terrible) secret library - More on
     fake Van Gogh paintings: Review alleges dozens of Van Goghs are
     fake - Auschwitz Artist Fights Museum For Her Portraits

     July 4, 1977
     - mass-tourism = serious threat to the heritage
     - Colombia recovers church art worth $1.5 million
     - Swiss Send Art to U.S. in Protest
     - China sells crumbling museum
     - Doubts cast on 100 Van Goghs

     July 3,
     - $400,000 IN FINE ART WAS STOLEN
     - The council that kept its head after the roof fell in
     - Archaeologist swims river to escape lynching
     - issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

     July 2,
     - Petition to save a library in peril
     - Archaeologist Recalls Jungle Clash
     - Art gift threatened by gallery plan to charge

     July 1,
     -HK says return to China puts noose on smugglers
     -British Art Market Fears Collapse Under EU Tax Burden
     -Experts Demand Hunt For Owners Of Nazi-Looted Art
     -Britain says will not return marbles to Greece
     -Art dealer to stars arrested
     -Firing of Berlin's Jewish Museum director unleashes fury
     -Art thieves plague Cambodian religious structure
     -Authorities investigating sale of Cincinnati schools' paintings
     -US art dealer charged with defrauding celebrities




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