Egypt
Safe Corner
David Gill has update Safe Corner with some details about the selling of Egyptian antiquities:
- Colin Renfrew On Unprovenanced Antiquities
Safe Corner In less than 18 minutes, Professor Colin Renfrew covers a lot of ground and an array of issues in the 2008 video "The issue of unprovenanced antiquities" here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). It's a summary of the issues SAFE addresses, well...
- 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...
- Bonhams - "the Market For Classical And Egyptian Antiquities Is Thriving"
Looting Matters (David Gill) I was interested to read the press release announcing the sales of antiquities at Bonhams for 2009. It started: "Following a series of strong sales, 2008 saw Bonhams’ Antiquities department established as the market leaders...
- The Sale Of Egyptian Antiquities At Sotheby's: A Reflection
David Gill's Looting Matters Blog David Gill (currently a member of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at Swansea University, Wales ), who has been featured on this site before, has updated his blog with a few very well expressed...
- Museum Watchdog
Archaeology Magazine () An interview with David Gill is now available on Archaeology's website. David Gill, a professor of archaeology at the University of Wales Swansea, is the author of a number of studies on the antiquities market. With his colleague...
Egypt
Egyptian antiquities
Safe Corner
David Gill has update Safe Corner with some details about the selling of Egyptian antiquities:
In August 2007 I speculated about the scale of the market in antiquities. I have now posted some analyses of the scale of the market based on Sotheby's New York:
* Percentage of Egyptian antiquities at auction (1998-2008)
* Trends in the sale of Egyptian antiquities (1998-2008)
- Colin Renfrew On Unprovenanced Antiquities
Safe Corner In less than 18 minutes, Professor Colin Renfrew covers a lot of ground and an array of issues in the 2008 video "The issue of unprovenanced antiquities" here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). It's a summary of the issues SAFE addresses, well...
- 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...
- Bonhams - "the Market For Classical And Egyptian Antiquities Is Thriving"
Looting Matters (David Gill) I was interested to read the press release announcing the sales of antiquities at Bonhams for 2009. It started: "Following a series of strong sales, 2008 saw Bonhams’ Antiquities department established as the market leaders...
- The Sale Of Egyptian Antiquities At Sotheby's: A Reflection
David Gill's Looting Matters Blog David Gill (currently a member of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at Swansea University, Wales ), who has been featured on this site before, has updated his blog with a few very well expressed...
- Museum Watchdog
Archaeology Magazine () An interview with David Gill is now available on Archaeology's website. David Gill, a professor of archaeology at the University of Wales Swansea, is the author of a number of studies on the antiquities market. With his colleague...