Cultural Property Observer

A Web Log Championing the Longstanding Interests of Collectors in the Preservation, Study, Display and Enjoyment of Cultural Artifacts Against an "Archaeology Over All" Perspective

Sunday, September 27, 2009

ACCG Auction Nets $32,000 plus

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ACCG has announced that its auction to fund litigation against the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has nett...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Massive Anglo-Saxon Hoard Reported

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U.K. authorities have announced that a member of the public has discovered a massive Anglo-Saxon hoard with a metal detector. An excellent w...

"Joseph" on Ancient Egyptian Coins?

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Numismatists have long known that the the early Egyptian Pharaohs did not strike coins. Indeed, coins were not struck in Egypt until much la...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

UNESCO's Next Leader

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No, UNESCO's next leader is not a controversial Egyptian. See: http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2009/09/egyptian-unesco-can...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Court Orders Government to Prove Rare Coins Stolen

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The New York Times reports on an interesting case involving a dispute over the ownership of rare 1933 "Double Eagle" gold coins. S...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Portable Antiquities Conference Report

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Rick Witschonke , a well-known collector of Roman Republican coinage, has reported on a British Museum program about how different European ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Collectors Challenge U.S. State Department Bureaucrats After Baltimore Seizure

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The Wall Street Journal's "Market Watch" has picked up the ACCG's latest press release about a prospective "test case...
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Cultural Property Observer
Washington, DC, United States
Peter Tompa has collected ancient coins for almost 50 years. He has written and lectured about cultural property issues for a decade. He is a contributor to a chapter on numismatics in K. Fitz Gibbon ed., "Who Owns the Past?" (Rutgers 2005). He has lobbied members of the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch in an effort to ensure that the small businesses of the numismatic trade receive fair treatment from federal regulators. He currently serves as a board member of the Cultural Policy Research Institute and the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild. He also has been a co-chair of the American Bar Association's Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee. His advocacy has received notice in the media, including the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Art Newspaper and the Voice of America. He hopes his views as a collector and lawyer will provide a counterpoint to the "archaeology over all" perspective found in most blogs about cultural property issues. This Web page is a public resource for general information and opinion about cultural property issues, and is not intended to be a source for legal advice. Opinions expressed here are the author's own.
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