Which "international database" do you mean?

There are of course several up and running including:

1. the INTERPOL one managed by the Canadian "Mounties"
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/

2. Museum Security Network (run out of the Netherlands, with daily
postings of losses and other events): http:/museum-secuirty.org/

3. Art Loss Register, London (with funding support from the insurance
market, leading auction houses etc. - and with a New York associate IFAR -
International Foundation for Art Research): http://www.artloss.com

Also the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is active in this area
(see http://www.icom.org/ ) and has postings on individual cases
from time to time - there's an account of one African sculpture recovery
through ICOM on the server at hte moment) though it does not attempt to
duplicate the INTERPOL database.

Patrick Boylan

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On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, HomeMcT1 wrote:

> Subject: TRACKING ART ON THE INTERNET
>
> I am currently working on a law review article regarding the use of an
> international database on the internet to track lost/stolen
> art/antiquities/cultural property.
>
> If any of you have any information you think may be of use to me -- or
> even if you just have an opinion on the idea of setting up an
> international database on the internet for these purposes, please e-mail
> me: [log in to unmask]
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Laura McFarland-Taylor
> The John Marshall Law School
>