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

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Almost 50 House Members Urge State Department to Turn Over Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraqi Jews

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Haaretz is reporting that almost 50 Members of the US House of Representatives have asked the State Department to turn over the Iraqi Jewi...

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More Evidence MOU with Italy is a Fraud

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I heard it for myself at CPAC hearings concerning the MOU with Italy. Here was the deal as spun by the allies of the Italian Cultural Burea...

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Archaeo-Blogger Questions Basis for Seizure

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Archaeo-Blogger Rick St. Hilaire has questioned the legal basis of the US Government's seizure of some valuable Korean seals from the f...

Monday, November 25, 2013

UN conference highlights plight of Jewish refugees, fate of Iraqi Jewish Archive

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Despite the hopes of the US State Department and its Cultural Heritage Center, the question of the fate of the Iraqi-Jewish Archive just wo...

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Running Amok

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Overregulation based on politically correct thinking is damaging ancient coin collecting in the United States. Even worse, cultural bureauc...

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Don't Let the Iraqi-Jewish Archive Go Back to Iraq!

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Jewish groups have sponsored this petition asking the US Government not to send the Iraqi-Jewish archive back to an uncertain future in Ir...

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Monday, November 18, 2013

The Perils of a Registration System

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It's an article of faith in elements within the archaeological community that registration systems deter looting of archaeological sites...

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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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