by Jessica | Mar 26, 2018 | Art Law, Crime, Cultural Heritage, Export licences, illicit trade in cultural property, National Treasures
Ancient ruins destroyed in Palmyra, Syria. Further to Part One of this article (see here.) Last week (20-21st March 2018), we also saw the European Community coming together with a joint EU-UNESCO project called “Engaging the European Art Market in the Fight...
by Jessica | Mar 26, 2018 | Art Law, Cultural Heritage, Export licences, illicit trade in cultural property
Last week, The Kingdom of Jordan announced that they are creating an anti-smuggling division to protect antiquities. (See here – https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Jordan_to_create_antismuggling_division_to_protect_antiquities-SNG_112693132/.) Since the War in...
by Jessica | Nov 2, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Export licences, National Treasures
For several months, Jane Austen’s ring has provoked quite a sensation. Back in July 2012 US pop idol Kelly Clarkson placed the winning bid at a Sotheby’s auction for £152,450 against the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire. According to the Telegraph...
by Jessica | May 13, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Cultural Heritage, Export licences, National Treasures
In May this year, the Culture Minister Ed Vaizey blocked the export of a rare suit of jewels commissioned by the Prince Regent George IV as a gift in 1816 to one of the Cotes sisters’; ladies in waiting to his daughter Princess Charlotte, to be worn on the...
