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

Monday, July 31, 2017

Congressional Appropriators Hold State Department, CPAC and Source Countries Accountable

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The House of Representatives has used the appropriations process to highlight the need for the State Department and the Cultural Property Ad...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Virtual CPAC Meeting on Libyan MOU Request

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On July 19, 2017, the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee held its first “virtual” meeting where some CPAC members and all speakers w...

No Reason for More Ill-Considered Restrictions on Coins

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Here is what I said more or less at today's CPAC meeting: I am speaking on behalf of the International Associ...

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

ACCG Gets Amicus Support

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Six collector and trade groups have supported the Ancient Coin Collectors' Guild's appeal seeking to ensure that the due process ri...

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Comment Fatigue Can't Mask Special Interest Nature of MOU Program

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Given the short (7 day) comment period over the July 4th weekend, CPO is not too surprised that there were so few comments posted on the reg...

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My Personal Comment on the Proposed Libyan MOU

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Here is my personal comment on the proposed Libyan MOU: Please accept these personal comments. I have also commented on behalf of a numbe...

Monday, July 3, 2017

Ask CPAC to Limit or Table the Problematic Libyan MOU request Rather than Rush it Through

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The State Department has announced an exceptionally short comment period for a proposed MOU with Libya ending on July 10th. The exceptiona...

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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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