Egypt
Looting Matters (David Gill)
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- More Re The St Louis Mask
Looting Matters (David Gill) David Gill has had a look a the the St Louis Art Museum in the context of its membership of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD). In 2008 the AAMD published "2008 Report of the AAMD Subcommittee on the Acquisition...
- Amarna Fake To Go On Display
Manchester Evening News (Paul Britton) An infamous forged statue of an Egyptian princess will go on display at the same museum that paid £440,000 for it. Bolton council believed the 20-inch statue, the Amarna Princess, was more than 3,300 years old after...
- The Value Of Ancient Egypt At Sotheby's, New York
Looting Matters (David Gill) David Gill has been keeping an eye on the sales of Egyptian antiquities at Sotheby's. See the above page for his graph showing a comparison of the value of lots sold in the December and June sales in Sotheby's New...
- Duped Council Hopes To Display Fake Statue
The Independent, UK (Jeananne Craig) A council which was duped into paying £440,000 for a fake Egyptian statuette said today that it hopes to put the sculpture on display in a local museum. Bolton Council bought the 20-inch Princess Amarna in 2003 after...
- More About The Amarna Forgery At Bolton Museum
http://tinyurl.com/3bo42x (thisislondon.co.uk) It is nice to see that there has been a follow-up to the discovery that the headless statue, created in the style distinctive to the Amarna period, and purchased for 440,000ukp by Bolton Museum, was found...
Egypt
TV: Short response to Antiques Rogue Show
Looting Matters (David Gill)
The drama "Antiques Rogue Show" shown on the BBC yesterday explored the issue of the Amarna Princess sold to the Bolton Museum. One was left with the feeling that Shaun Greenhalgh, the forger, was (in the words of the reporter in the drama) "a gifted, bright kid" - but he came from the wrong place. Was Shaun a talented artist? And we hear the verdicts of the museum curator and the police officer.
The programme was introduced with a shot to the textual definition of "provenance".
See the above page for David Gill's complete post.
- More Re The St Louis Mask
Looting Matters (David Gill) David Gill has had a look a the the St Louis Art Museum in the context of its membership of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD). In 2008 the AAMD published "2008 Report of the AAMD Subcommittee on the Acquisition...
- Amarna Fake To Go On Display
Manchester Evening News (Paul Britton) An infamous forged statue of an Egyptian princess will go on display at the same museum that paid £440,000 for it. Bolton council believed the 20-inch statue, the Amarna Princess, was more than 3,300 years old after...
- The Value Of Ancient Egypt At Sotheby's, New York
Looting Matters (David Gill) David Gill has been keeping an eye on the sales of Egyptian antiquities at Sotheby's. See the above page for his graph showing a comparison of the value of lots sold in the December and June sales in Sotheby's New...
- Duped Council Hopes To Display Fake Statue
The Independent, UK (Jeananne Craig) A council which was duped into paying £440,000 for a fake Egyptian statuette said today that it hopes to put the sculpture on display in a local museum. Bolton Council bought the 20-inch Princess Amarna in 2003 after...
- More About The Amarna Forgery At Bolton Museum
http://tinyurl.com/3bo42x (thisislondon.co.uk) It is nice to see that there has been a follow-up to the discovery that the headless statue, created in the style distinctive to the Amarna period, and purchased for 440,000ukp by Bolton Museum, was found...