Hot topics: Maybe mythical German treasure.
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General
Dealer’s trade in antiquities prompts harsh questions of museums the world over.
22 February 2014, The New Zealand Herald
The First Family of Art Forgery
20 February 2014, Vocative
Americas
Theft of $1.8 million in baroque paintings a blow to Guatemalan art world
22 February 2013, The Tico Times
Local Artist Destroys $1 Million Ai Weiwei Vase At Museum “In Protest” (Miami, USA; vase ‘may’ have been ancient)
17 February 2014, CBS Miami
After ordeal, collector cleared in smuggling case (USA)
18 February 2014, Times Dispatch
Tribal objects shown reverence on trip home to US
20 February 2014, Associated Press
Hard drugs seized with stolen artifact, RCMP say (Canada)
19 February 2014, CBC News
Canada: Tax Shelter Exemption For Donations Of Cultural Property Removed
19 February 2014, Mondaq
Africa
Zimbabwe: A Hole Into an Obliterated Past
20 February 2014, All Africa
‘Get the British Museum to give up our treasures’ (General Africa)
22 February, 2014, The Voice
Australia & Pacific
Expert labels National Gallery ‘naive’ as it sues over allegedly stolen Indian Shiva statue (Australia)
13 February 2014, ABC News
South and East Asia
Seabed ‘treasure’ changes hands: Officials buy antique coins from collectors at Tangasseri harbour (India)
18 February 2014, The Hindu
Emergence of antiques triggers treasure hunt in Kollam (India)
21 February 2014, The Hindu
Cops crack panchaloha theft case (India)
21 February 2014, The Times of India
Marble columns stolen by Norway stir emotive debate (China)
20 February 2014, The Standard
So, who owns antiquity? (China)
22 February, IOL
West Asia
U.S. troops saved art as the ‘Monuments Men’ of Iraq
17 February 2014, Military Times
Europe
Macedonia to seek stolen icons from Albania
18 February 2014, Bsanna News
Public antiquities in the president’s residence (Ukraine)
23 February 2014, Conflict Antiquities
Taxing question of Scotland’s Old Masters: If independence is passed, what will happen to the privately owned paintings on loan to public collections?
17 February 2014, The Art Newspaper
Will the Scots sack the British Museum?
17 February 2014, The Art Newspaper
Grays man to appear in court charged with stealing £15,000 coin
17 February 2014, Echo
Ardelia Ripley Hall helped recover looted artifacts (Monuments ‘Men’)
18 February 2014, Cape Cod Times
‘Looter’ forced to give up Roman treasure find (Germany)
19 February 2014, The Local
Could Roman Gold Found in Germany be Nibelung Rhinegold Treasure?
20 February 2014, International Business Times
German art hoarder launches website in defence of seized collection
17 February 2014, The Guardian
In other news
The black market for green fingers: Illegal trade in rare plants reaches startling scale
18 February 2014, Express
Man jailed after stealing rhino horn from Newark antiques dealer
20 February 2014, Nottingham Post
Ancient dinosaur track stolen from trail near Moab
20 February 2014, Desert News
George Clooney: ‘London Mayor compared me to Hitler'(Parthenon Marbles drama)
17 February 2014, Express