Antiquities Trade or Betrayed

Personal Profiles

Preface

Kathryn Walker Tubb

Introduction

Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn

Legal Issues

Recovering Stolen Art

Norman Palmer

The Aims of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and Action Being

Taken by UNESCO to Assist in its Implementation

Etienne Clement

National and International Laws on the Protection of Cultural Heritage

Lyndel V. Prott

Conservators and Actions for Recovery of Stolen or Unlawfully Exported Cultural Property

Patrick J. O'Keefe

United States Efforts to Protect Cultural Property: implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention

Maria Papageorge Kouroupas

Illicit Trafficking in Antiquities and Museum Ethics

Patrick J. Boylan

Case Histories

The Kanakaria Mosaics and the United States law on the Restitution of Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Property

Patty Gerstenblith

The Kanakaria Mosaics of Cyprus: the conservators' view

Catherine Sease and Danae Thimme

Cycladic Figurines: art versus archaelogy?

Christopher Chippindale and David Gill

Bad Laws are Made to be Broken

Geraldine Norman

A Layman's Attemts to Precipitate Change in Domestic and International 'Heritage' Laws

John Browning

The Saga of the Lydian Hoard Antiquities: from Usak to New York and back and some related observations on the law of cultural repatriation

Lawrence M. Kaye and Carla T. Main

The Situation in the UK

Treasure Trove, Treasure Hunting and the Quest for a Portable Antiquities Act

Peter Addyman

Treasure Trove: new approaches to antiquities legislation

Lady Rosamond Hanworth

The Lure of Loot: an example or two

Harvey Sheldon

The Antiquities Trade: a curator's view

Brian Cook

Scotland's Portable Antiquities Legislation what is it and how well does it work?

Alison Sheridan

United Kingdom Export Policies in Relation to Antiquities

Carolyn R. Morrison

The Way Ahead

The Antiquities Trade: towards a more balanced view

James Ede

Ethics and the Antiquity Trade

Jerome Eisenberg

The Antiquities Trade: A Police Perspective

Richard Ellis

The Arts and Antiques Squad

John Butler

Thesaurus and the Tracing of Cultural Property

Peter Cannon-Brookes

Protecting Ireland's Archaeological Heritage

Eamonn P. Kelly

Conservators and Unprovenanced Objects: preserving the cultural heritage or servicing the antiquities trade?

Ricardo Elia

The Antiquities Trade: an archaeological conservator's perspective

Kathryn Walker Tubb

The major achievement of this book for the conservation world is that it calls attention to the responsibilities of the conservator and the consequences he or she may face when treating artefacts and antiquities of unknown or suspicious provenance.

Studies in Conservation 42(3) (1997) 190-191

It provides the most comprehensive reference for conservators who work with antiquities and is essential reading for all involved in any aspect of heritage issues, whether in a private, trade, educational, governmental, legal or museum capacity.

Conservation News 60 (July 1996) 34

The book’s great strength is that it reflects a multiplicity of views. I recommend it strongly for anyone concerned with the dubious ethics of the antiquities market, and that should include all dealers and collectors.

The Art Newspaper 63 (October 1996) 34

It is an excellently edited and detailed record of the dilemmas connected with the antiquities trade and recognition of the need for debate.

Antiquity 70(269) (September 1996) 709-711