Lynda Albertson

اختفاء لوحة أثرية نادرة والنيابة العامة تحقق.. القصة الكاملة - الوطن حالة من الجدل الكبير أثيرت خلال الساعات الماضية بعد اختفاء لوحة أثرية نادرة من الحجر الجيري من داخل مقبرة خنتي كا الواقعة بمنطقة آثار سقارة إذ تعود اللوحة إلى عصر الدولة القديمة حيث تحمل نقوش ا تصور ا...

Photo of the artefact in this Arabic article. From the descriptions, it is the upper right portion which was cut out. www.elwatannews.com/news/details...

A limestone pharaonic painting vanishes from the famed Saqqara necropolis in Egypt Egyptian antiquities officials have reported the disappearance of a pharaonic painting from the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo.

Thieves used a power saw to remove a painted section from the historic wall inside the tomb of Khentkaus in the Giza Governorate in Egypt. apnews.com/article/egyp...

Musée Hébert, Vittoriale degli Italiani, Ely Museum, Le Musée Cognacq-Jay, Hiéron Museum, Drents Museum, Streekmuseum De Meestoof and as of yesterday, St Fagans National Museum of History Museum. 2023 - 2025 Museum thefts involving, gold, jewels, or both. www.south-wales.police.uk/news/south-w...

Met curator Charles K. Wilkinson was close to Elias S. David.

Correspondence between Wilkinson and others at the Met document some of David's activities as a dealer, and show that he was honoured as a Fellow of the Museum for life, a privilege extended to his wife after he died in 1969.

Seems to have been deaccessioned for Iraq at/around the same time as the "Statuette of a Man Carrying a Box". Nothing said on that 2023/2024 restitution either.

The frame of Patricia Kadgien's own Facebook photo of a still life owned by her SS officer father is a perfect match for the stolen painting by Abraham Mignon when overlaid onto the still life currently in the collection of the Museo de Arte Decorativo in Buenos Aires.

Update: The looted Goudstikker painting will be stored at the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires for now. Patricia Kadgien and her husband appeared in court, where their passports were confiscated and they were formally charged with possessing and concealing ‘stolen art in the context of genocide.’

Will this stolen World War II area painting tied to Friedrich Kadgien leave the pampa and go back where it belongs?

and still this little Madonna and child, seized and awaiting identification.

Then there is the painting by Rachel Ruysch in the National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires that looks a lot like the Abraham Mignon still life being searched for as a World War II era loss by the Dutch Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed which was bought by Kadgien.

But this is not the only development in the can you spot a looted World War II era painting game. Two more portraits have been seized from a house in the La Florida neighbourhood connected to the Kadgien family.

The Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office recently displayed the canvas from the Goudstikker collection during a press conference in the city of Mar del Plata.

577 Antiquities Seized: Minya looting case exposes ongoing threats to Egypt’s heritage "A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."

577 Antiquities Seized: Minya looting case exposes ongoing threats to Egypt’s heritage.

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Restitution Delayed, Injustice Prolonged: Kadgien family intends to drag the ownership claim of "Portrait of a Lady" stolen from Jacques Goudstikker into Argentine Civil Court "A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."

Restitution Delayed, Injustice Prolonged: Kadgien family intends to drag the ownership claim of "Portrait of a Lady" stolen from Jacques Goudstikker into Argentine Civil Court.

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The rise and fall of a narcissistic art fraudster who duped the super-rich Prodigious art dealer Inigo Philbrick’s love of money proved his downfall, but BBC Two’s The Great Art Fraud shows he remains unrepentant

Prodigious art dealer Inigo Philbrick’s love of money proved his downfall, but BBC Two’s The Great Art Fraud shows he remains unrepentant. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/great-a...

Six Months for 590 Artefacts: The Case of U.S.-Egyptian Smuggler Ashraf Omar Eldarir "A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."

Six Months for 590 Artefacts: The Case of U.S.-Egyptian Smuggler Ashraf Omar Eldarir.

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Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina "A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."

Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina.

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Diamonds and Dispossessed Art: The Friedrich Gustav Kadgien connection to Goudstikker’s stolen artworks.

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Respectfully, unless you’ve spoken with Avv. D’Ascia regarding Italy’s timeline in their pursuit of recognition and enforcement of the Italian forfeiture judgment it seems premature to speculate on the validity of Italy's claim overlooking the complexity of international enforcement in the US.

61 years ago today and Italy is still waiting. "A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."

61 years ago today and Italy is still waiting.

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Public Documents to Report on Elusive Stories - The Open Notebook People, companies, and government agencies don’t always return your phone calls. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of documents that are out in the open. Lawsuits, Ins...

For @theopennotebook.bsky.social, I wrote about what to do when people don't call you back. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of public documents: lawsuits, corporate filings, government databases, social media, and much more. www.theopennotebook.com/2025/08/12/h...

We will carry on thanks to your guidance my friend.

New US bill aims to clamp down on money laundering through art holdings - ICIJ The proposed Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions.

The proposed US Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions, requiring art dealers and auction houses to retain records of expensive art transactions.

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Anyone have a copy of this catalogue? If yes, can you DM me backchannel?

Avrich cites experts who suggest that half, or even more than half, of art offered on the secondary market is fake. I don't agree. However, the market's obfuscation and silence as accepted responses to questions concerning the authenticity of an artwork often involves a conspiracy of the willing.

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Spain’s culture ministry publishes a list of 5,000+ items plundered by the Franco regime – including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, furniture and religious ornaments – to help claimants reclaim their family property (almost a century after the outbreak of civil war). ceres.mcu.es/pages/Specia...

Buried with the Buddha As Seto and Philip Trent, an antiques dealer, pored over the contents of a display cabinet, Seto, seated on the floor, noticed a shabby cardboard box hiding between the bottom shelf of the cabinet and

This article discusses the Piprahwa gems and sarira from the Piprawah Stupa, Birdpore Estate as well as others from the same grouping researched by Paul Seto at the Buddhist Society. Wonder what will happen with these other pieces now.

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