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

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Assad to Be Ultimate Beneficiary of HR 1493?

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The Senate has passed  HR 1493, a bill which imposes import restrictions on cultural goods removed illegally from Syria. The measure is not...
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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Bad Old Days Return to Bulgaria?

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Bulgarian police have arrested a  senior civil servant and his friend for possessing unregistered metal detectors and an unregistered collec...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Reality or Just More Russian Propaganda?

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Russia's UN Ambassador is pointing his finger at  Turkey  as the trans-shipment point for $150-$200 million in antiquities stolen by ISI...
Monday, April 4, 2016

Assad No Friend of Palmyra and its People

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French archaeologist Annie Sartre-Fauriat  explains  that Palmyra is just another pawn for Assad and his regime.  According to Sartre-Fauria...
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Friday, April 1, 2016

American Archaeologists Recognize President Putin as Savior of Syria’s Antiquities

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CPO republishes this item from "Patriotic Russia Today" and leaves its readers to draw their own conclusions: American Archaeolo...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Still Time to Comment on Proposed German Law

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Coins Weekly is again soliciting signatures for a petition raising concerns about Germany's proposed new cultural patrimony law.  Propon...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

After the Fall

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What was found at Palmyra after its recapture by Assad forces again questions the narrative that ISIS is looting classical antiquities for ...
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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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