Egypt
- Antiquities: Downturn In Antiquity Sales
PR Newswire Swansea archaeologist David Gill has been analyzing the sale of antiquities in New York since 1999. Some $300 million worth of antiquities have been sold at Sotheby's and Christie's since 1998. There are normally two sales a year for...
- Stolen Egyptian Artifacts Found At Auction House
Real Clear Arts (Judith H. Dobrzynski) Well, that was quick: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today that it has recovered seven of the eight ancient Egyptian artifacts that were stolen from the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam in the...
- Egypt Retrieves A 2,500-year-old Stone Relief From Bonhams
PR Inside Egypt said Monday that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh's tomb. A team of Egyptian archaeologists traveled to Britain...
- Egypt Secures Auction Pull-out
Egypt Daily Star News A British auction house has withdrawn a Pharaonic artifact from sale after Egyptian authorities saw the item in a catalogue and said it was missing, the ministry of culture said on Wednesday.Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said in...
- More Re Christies Mummy Sale
http://tinyurl.com/yznh2r (newsday.com)"On Thursday, as part of a large auction of antiquities, Christie's in New York plans to put up for bid a mummy and its sarcophagus that date back to around 990-940 BC. The sarcophagus, made of fig wood, comes...
Egypt
Artifact removed from NY auction
http://tinyurl.com/hnreg (today.reuters.com)
"A 4000-year-old Egyptian alabaster container shaped like a duck and used for a funeral offering has been withdrawn from auction because it may be stolen property, Christie's auction house said on Monday. The Old Kingdom alabaster offering vessel dating from 2575 to 2134 BC was expected to sell for $20,000 to $30,000 before it was withdrawn from the sale, according to the Christie's online catalog for its June 16 sale of antiquities in New York."
- Antiquities: Downturn In Antiquity Sales
PR Newswire Swansea archaeologist David Gill has been analyzing the sale of antiquities in New York since 1999. Some $300 million worth of antiquities have been sold at Sotheby's and Christie's since 1998. There are normally two sales a year for...
- Stolen Egyptian Artifacts Found At Auction House
Real Clear Arts (Judith H. Dobrzynski) Well, that was quick: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today that it has recovered seven of the eight ancient Egyptian artifacts that were stolen from the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam in the...
- Egypt Retrieves A 2,500-year-old Stone Relief From Bonhams
PR Inside Egypt said Monday that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh's tomb. A team of Egyptian archaeologists traveled to Britain...
- Egypt Secures Auction Pull-out
Egypt Daily Star News A British auction house has withdrawn a Pharaonic artifact from sale after Egyptian authorities saw the item in a catalogue and said it was missing, the ministry of culture said on Wednesday.Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said in...
- More Re Christies Mummy Sale
http://tinyurl.com/yznh2r (newsday.com)"On Thursday, as part of a large auction of antiquities, Christie's in New York plans to put up for bid a mummy and its sarcophagus that date back to around 990-940 BC. The sarcophagus, made of fig wood, comes...