Presumably there is insurance or some other compensation scheme for galleries, expos, and museums who are making good faith purchases — only to later discover they have bought looted antiquities?
Just one piece in the Getty turnover was purchased for $18M.
> On August 12 the Getty Museum in Los Angeles said it would return a famed and illicitly exported Ancient Greek statuary group, Orpheus and the Sirens, to Italy.
> Bogdanos specified that the Orpheus group had been seized from the Getty, which had thus “left out half the truth” in announcing its return.
*”Ah, yes, we have decided to return these pieces which the authorities have already seized from us. You’re welcome.”*
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Presumably there is insurance or some other compensation scheme for galleries, expos, and museums who are making good faith purchases — only to later discover they have bought looted antiquities?
Just one piece in the Getty turnover was purchased for $18M.
> On August 12 the Getty Museum in Los Angeles said it would return a famed and illicitly exported Ancient Greek statuary group, Orpheus and the Sirens, to Italy.
> Bogdanos specified that the Orpheus group had been seized from the Getty, which had thus “left out half the truth” in announcing its return.
*”Ah, yes, we have decided to return these pieces which the authorities have already seized from us. You’re welcome.”*