Thursday, May 22, 2025

Summary of CPAC Meeting to Discuss Proposed Cultural Property Agreement with Vietnam and Renewals of Cultural Property Agreements with Chile, Costa Rica, Italy and Morocco

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 On May 20, 2025, the US Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) met in a virtual public session to accept comments regarding a proposed...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

It's Time for a Reset

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Here is what I said, more or less, at yesterday's virtual Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting.  I hope to post a full report of...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

NOT MAGA- New Emergency Import Restrictions Mandate Repatriation of Cultural Goods Seized from Americans to the Failing State of Lebanon

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  US Customs has just announced very broad “emergency” import restrictions on “Lebanese” cultural goods:    https://www.federalregister.go...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Uzbekistan

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US Customs has announced broad new import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological objects for Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Please Help Save Collecting Roman Imperial Coins (and Other Collecting as Well)!

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The State Department has rescheduled a previously postponed Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) Meeting  to Review a Proposed Renewa...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Should American Collectors Get at Least the Same "Due Process Rights" as Illegal Aliens Who Are Alleged to be MS-13 Gang Members?

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No, at least according to the  the Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, the 4th Circuit Judge , who mainstream media is lauding for his recent take dow...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Upcoming CPAC Meeting of Biden Holdovers Should Be Postponed-- Update: MEETING RESCHEDULED BEFORE SAME BIDEN APPOINTEES!

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On December 4, 2024, the State Department Cultural Heritage Center provided advance notice of a Cultural Property Advisory (CPAC) meeting t...