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Restitution claims
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Painting taken from Jewish family’s Berlin home restituted with help of The Art Loss Register
16 April 2024A painting belonging to a Jewish family who were forced to flea Germany under the Nazi’s has been returned to the family’s remaining heir with the help of The Art Loss Register.
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Ethiopian shield taken from battle of Maqdala withdrawn from auction
01 March 2024The owner of an 19th century Ethiopian shield has decided to withdraw it from auction at Anderson & Garland.
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Flemish tapestry hunted down after wartime wrongs
21 November 2022A rare early 16th century Flemish tapestry that was part of an impressive imperial commission is coming up for sale in France in early December.
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Silver flask withdrawn from auction after Chinese government intervention
07 July 2022A silver hunting flask taken from the Summer Palace when it was sacked by British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War, which was due to be auctioned tomorrow (July 6), has now been withdrawn.
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Chinese anger at Summer Palace flask sale
04 July 2022The Chinese government has written to a UK auction house to demand a halt to the sale of a silver hunting flask, taken from the Summer Palace when it was sacked by British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War.
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Louvre and Sotheby’s team up to trace provenance of artworks bought by museum during Second World War
25 January 2022The Louvre has agreed a partnership with Sotheby's to research the provenance of artworks acquired between 1933-45 by the museum.
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New York collector given lifetime ban after four-year antiquities investigation
13 December 2021One of New York’s most prolific antiquities collectors has surrendered 180 ‘looted’ items from his collection and been barred for life from acquiring antiquities again.
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Restituted Priester collection reunited before sale takes £1.5m at Christie’s
11 December 2021Part of an art collection once owned by a Jewish family who fled Nazi persecution has been sold at Christie’s.
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Elephant in the room: an exceptional clock
18 October 2021A rare 17th century elephant automaton clock was the star of the Christie’s New York Exceptional sale when it sold at $2.15m (£1.58m) to a private buyer.
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White gloves for Oppenheimer sale of Meissen porcelain at Sotheby’s
20 September 2021Every lot of a collection of Meissen porcelain, restituted earlier this year to the heirs of Dr Franz Oppenheimer, was sold in a recent US sale.
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News In Brief – including the outcome of the Guennol Stargazer court case in New York
20 September 2021A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the US ruling on whether Turkey could take ownership of the Guennol Stargazer.
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Saleroom pulls ‘looted artefacts from Maqdala’ after Ethiopian appeal
21 June 2021A group of Ethiopian works of art believed to have been taken during the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 has been withdrawn from a Dorset auction after the Embassy of Ethiopia intervened.
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Feasting and making merry at Christie's auction
21 June 2021Restituted pictures remain a key area of supply for fresh Old Masters and Christie’s evening sale on July 8 includes two Dutch Golden Age paintings.
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London charity is beneficiary of restituted art
14 June 2021A sight loss charity in London has benefited from a surprise windfall after pictures restituted to the estate of a benefactor were sold at auction in Vienna.
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Two Dutch Old Master pictures recovered by the Monuments Men and eventually restituted to Jewish businessman’s heirs come to auction
09 June 2021Old Master pictures from the Dutch ‘Golden Age’ will be offered as part of Christie’s Classic Week of sales in July.
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Benin plaque withdrawn from auction after curator raises provenance questions
03 May 2021The increasingly contentious issue of selling Benin works of art at auction raised its head again last week after an ancestral plaque catalogued as 16th or 17th century was withdrawn from an East Sussex sale.
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Rare $2m Meissen collection restituted to Jewish family comes to market in New York this autumn
28 April 2021A collection of Meissen porcelain assembled by the Oppenheimer family and recently restituted to their heirs is coming to auction this September.
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Pick of the week: Jumbo price from Rothberger collection
14 December 2020The Anschluss of 1938 between Nazi Germany and Austria had a devastating effect on Vienna’s Jewish population.
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Sotheby’s to offer restituted view of Dresden acquired by Hitler's art dealer
21 July 2020An Old Master painting restored to the family of its original Jewish owner will be offered at Sotheby’s next week with an estimate of £3m-4m.
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Descendants win fight for justice for Carl Spitzweg painting
08 June 2020Painting went through lengthy ownership saga before being returned to family and then sold.
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