by Jessica | May 3, 2012 | Art Law, Crime, Fakes and Forgeries
In the wake of the Beltracchi gang’s trial in Germany, Britain has its own prolific art forgery case to report about. The case concerns the Mumford gang, who were sentenced today at Southwark Crown Court by His Honour Judge Gledhill. The gang had come to the attention...
by Jessica | Apr 28, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Crime, Photography
A striking erotic photograph by Derrick Santini called “a fool for love”, which is a modern depiction of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan on display at Ronnie Woods’s sons gallery Scream in Bruton Street London caused a stir last Saturday –...
by Jessica | Apr 15, 2012 | Art Law, Crime, Fakes and Forgeries
“You have to know how the art market works. Where is the greatest greed?” Master Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi One great problem that continues to face the art trade is fakes and forgeries. This is not a new problem and has faced the art market from the beginnings of...
by Jessica | Apr 14, 2012 | Leonardo
Science and knowledge, lead to ever increasing understanding about Leonardo the artist and his paintings. It is “non- stop” with regard to discoveries surrounding this important artist (see my article “What art discoveries mean for the art world, international market...
by Jessica | Apr 14, 2012 | Art Law, Crime
On Wednesday 11th April the Serbian police made 4 arrests in Belgrade and the town Cacak and recovered according to local media the Paul Cezanne painting, the Boy in a Red Waistcoat, (worth more than 68 million pounds) that was stolen in 2008 from the E.G.Buehrle...
by Jessica | Apr 13, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Diamonds, Renaissance
The exciting news is that the Beau Sancy diamond “one of the most important historical diamonds to ever come to auction” will appear in The Magnificent Jewels and Nobel Jewels auction sales due to be held on 14th and 15th May 2012 hosted by Sotheby’s in Geneva. This...
by Jessica | Apr 10, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Cultural Heritage
The High Court granted an injunction on Friday 30th March just days before Christie’s was due to host a sale of the Raglan Collection. The owner of the collection is Henry Steengracht van Moyland, a US Citizen, a nephew of the 5th Lord Raglan. However a claim has been...
by Jessica | Mar 27, 2012 | Art Law, Crime
The Antiques Trade Gazette dated 26th March 2012 reports that on 20th April, 4 people will appear at Swindon Crown Court for a pleas and directions hearing for a series of fraud charges that involve using foreign based credit cards to bid in high value jewellery...
by Jessica | Mar 18, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Fakes and Forgeries
There is an ongoing investigation by French police in relation to forged works of original works by Jean Prouvé. A man was arrested in January this year and is charged with the counterfeiting of intellectual property and faces other forgery charges. This is a case...
by Jessica | Mar 18, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Cultural Heritage, Restitution
Cultural heritage issues spark up again over the strange case of the attempted sale of Saddam Hussein’s bronze bottom This was a strange cultural heritage case for 2011 that concerned the Saddam Hussein monument from central Baghdad that was famously brought down in...
