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, February 24, 2016

Undocumented Artifacts to be Awarded to Assad?

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When H.R. 1493 was first proposed, there was hope that the Assad regime would be replaced with a  government more representative of the wish...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

More Cultural Racketeering In Egypt

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Egyptian authorities are belatedly investigating the disappearence  of 157 objects from Saqquara .   The Antiquities Coalition has yet to co...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Addressing Looting at the Source by Remote Viewing

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Archaeologist Sarah Parcak has decided to use her  Ted Prize  to fund crowdsourcing and remote satellite viewing to protect archaeological s...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Numismaster on Italian MOU

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Richard Giedroyc has written  on the extension not expansion of the Italian MOU for Numismaster and World Coin News.  Meanwhile, the usual s...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Rethinking Antiquities: Restitution and Collecting in the Time of ISIS

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The Committee for Cultural Policy and the Cardozo School of Law are sponsoring a panel discussion  entitled "Rethinking Antiquities:  R...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Jordanian Authorities Disclose Coin Thefts 15 Years After the Fact

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Jordan's Prime Minister has disclosed  that fakes were switched for genuine ancient coins at museums around the country back in 2001-200...
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Progress on HR 1493

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a much modified version of HR 1493, a bill designed to protect cultural property in times ...
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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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