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

Friday, February 28, 2014

Save the Date: U.S. Federal Power and the Repatriation of Cultural Artifacts

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When: April 3, 2014 @ 2-4PM Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036 Cost: Open to the Public Free of ...

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Senate Resolution on Iraqi Jewish Archive Received Strong Bipartisan Support

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Here is the list of Senators that co-sponsored the S. Res. 333. The original sponsor was Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). The names of the origina...

Senate Urges State Department to Ensure Iraqi Archive Remains Accessible to Iraqi Jews

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On February 6, 2014, the US Senate approved the following Resolution (Sen. Res. 333 ATS) by unanimous consent: Strongly recommending that ...

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Law Students Take on Issues First Raised in ACCG Test Case

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This year's "National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition" obviously borrowed heavily from issues first raised in th...

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Investors Take a Shine to Rare Coins--So What?

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Archaeo-blogger Paul Barford has highlighted a CNBC article about investors and rare coins. Though there may be some unstated implication...

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Chinese and Bulgarian MOUs: Export Certificates for Cultural Goods Promised; But Are They Illusory?

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The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and its Cultural Heritage Center have released copies of the recent re...

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

PAS Maps Finds For All to See

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The Portable Antiquities Scheme has unveiled this nifty tool to help visualize the distribution of coin finds from different periods withi...

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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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