Greece
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Aidonia Treasure
The Aidonia Treasure is a collection of Mycenaean gold and jewelry returned to Greece in 1996 and thought to have been robbed from a cemetery at Aidonia in the late 1970s.
Corinth Museum Theft 1990
In 1990 thieves stole more than 270 artifacts from the museum of the Corinth excavations in Greece. Several pieces were recovered from Christie’s New York in the late 1990s, while most of the remainder were discovered in Miami in 1999.
Marion True
Marion True was Curator of Antiquities at the J.Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles from 1986 until 2005. She was charged and tried in both Italy and Greece on offences related to antiquities smuggling, but never convicted.
Media Investigations
Some of the most informative studies of the traffic in cultural objects have been conducted by investigative media.
Related Publications
Tsirogiannis, C. (2016), ‘False Closure? Known Unknowns in Repatriated Antiquities Cases’, International Journal of Cultural Property 23(4): 407–431.
Yates, D. (2015), ‘Value and doubt’: The persuasive power of “authenticity” in the antiquities market’. PARSE 2: 71–84.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2013), ‘Something is Confidential in the State of Christie’s’, Journal of Art Crime 9: 3-19.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2012), ‘Do Not Come Back’, I would like to voice this memory…(in Greek), Gedenkschrift for Yiannis Sakellarakis. Vikelaia Library, Herakleion: 258-261.
Spiegler, H., and Weitz, Y. (2010) ‘The Ancient World meets the Modern World: A Primer on the Restitution of Looted Antiquities’, Art and Advocacy Volume 06, 1-4.
Brodie, N. and Apostolidis, A. (2007), History Lost (Athens: Hellenic Foundation for Culture/Anemon Productions).
Felch, J. (2006) ‘An Italian offer U.S. museums shouldn’t refuse?’, Los Angeles Times, 11 February.
Felch, J., and Frammolino, R. (2006) ‘Getty Will Return 2 Greek Artifacts’, Los Angeles Times, 11 July.
Felch, J., and Frammonlin, R. (2006) ‘Getty’s List of Doubts Multiplies’, Los Angeles Times, 18 June.
Zirganos, N, and Felch, J. (2006) ‘Greek Officials Raid House of Ex-Getty Curator’, Los Angeles Times, 2 April.
Frammolino, R., and Felch, J. (2005) ‘Greece Vows Legal Action Against Getty’, Los Angeles Times, 23 November.