Art and Antiquities
Art and Antiquities Links
- Find Stolen Art Database of stolen art objects, jewelry, and watches.
- Salvo Theft Alerts UK listing of recent stolen garden and architectural antiques.
- Price of Age An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
- Art Theft - Most Wanted Art Search for the world's most wanted art.
- Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recovery of stolen art treasures.
- Holy Door of the Monastery of St. Anastassios Human Rights Action pleads with the Kanazawa College of Arts in Japan to return an 11th-century iconic door looted from Cyprus. Includes photograph.
- West Yorkshire Police Theft Alerts Photos and other information about antiques from buildings and gardens stolen in West Yorkshire, UK, since 1995.
- Looting Question Bibliography Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.
- Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities.
- Stolen Antiquities from Corinth Return to Greece The Hellenic Ministry of Culture rejoices in the recovery of the priceless collection of artifacts stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in 1990. Illustrated catalogue.
- Interpol Database of Stolen Art Works Site markets CD-ROM database of stolen art. Also provides links on this subject.
- ArtSleuth Authenticates works of art using fingerprints and forensic analysis.
- Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
- Stolen Property or Finders Keepers? Dede Tisone-Bartels provides teacher's resources for considering the true ownership of works of art which have been taken from their place of origin to museums and collections around the world.
- UK's Database of Stolen Property Database for burglary victims to enter any stolen identifiable property.
- Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus
- Looting Matters Studies by Christopher Chippindale and David Gill of the University of Wales Swansea on the material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities, with related links.
- Peter Howson Missing painting by Peter Howson, entitled 'Bed Time Stories', last seen on exhibition in Glasgow 1993. Reward offered for information. Photograph, description.
- Michel van Rijn Dutch former art dealer and smuggler who has collaborated with police against the illicit art trade. Includes a 'Swindler's list' of art theft news; synopsis of his book Hot Art and Cold Cash.
- Stolen Antiques and Sculpture The oldest internet site for stolen items. Recovery rates of around 14% over the past five years. Police, museums, and stately homes subscribers.
- Stolen Antiques Database Around 14 percent of garden antiques stolen have been recovered on our site since 1995. Mainly UK, but also USA and Europe.
- Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.
- The Art Loss Register Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
- Council for the Prevention of Art Theft Registered charity which promotes crime prevention measures to protect art works from theft, damage or destruction by criminal activity.
- Object ID Site describes rationale, use and contacts for Object ID, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities to combat theft.
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