Recent UK initiatives against illicit trade in antiquities, including accession to the 1970 UNESCO Convention

Gaimster, D. (2002) ‘Recent UK initiatives against illicit trade in antiquities, including accession to the 1970 UNESCO Convention’, Journal of the International Foundation for Art Research 5 (2), 12-19.

Britain has the second largest art market in the world, second only to the USA. In 1998, art market sales in the United Kingdom totalled just under £3,300 million.