Monday, November 5, 2018

Soaring Prices For Antiquities Raise New Looting Fears

A bidding war at Christie’s last week sent the price of a 3,000-year-old stone relief from $7 million to more than $28 million, setting a world record for ancient Assyrian artworks and raising fears among some archaeologists that soaring prices will fuel the market for looted antiquities as well as legally acquired ones.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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