David Gill, archaeologist, reflects on the growing co-operation of auction-houses to halt the sale of recently surfaced antiquities Authorities in Italy and Greece now have access to at least 14,000 images of antiquities that were passed onto the market over the last few decades. These photographed objects were handled by three dealers: [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 21, 2010
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A Fabergé clock spirited out of Russia in 1917 by the deposed Tsar’s aide-de-camp, Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, and his American wife Julia, granddaughter of US President, Ulysses Grant, is for sale at Bonhams Russian sale on 7 June. The silver-mounted seed-pearl and enamel clock (£70,000- 90,000) is a fabulous reminder of a [Read More]