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The plundered past : the story of the illegal international traffic in works of art / Karl E. Meyer.
Record details
- ISBN: 0689105223
- ISBN: 9780689105227
- Physical Description: xxv, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: [1st ed.].
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum, 1973.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- After Cortes. The profits of art ; The Maya mask ; The winged temple ; The vanishing glyphs ; The Fourth Codex ; A question of law -- Sailing from Byzantium. The migration of art ; The mutable collection ; The Washington treasure ; The Boston treasure ; The New York treasure ; More treasures ; A question of values -- See Italy quickly. The slums of art ; The million-dollar pot ; The Boston Raphael ; The fake factory ; A question of money -- The sherd trade. The selling of the past ; The second-oldest profession ; Middlemen and police ; The web of influence ; The end of the game? -- Whose past? Lord Byron's curse ; The nationalist past ; The collector's past ; Ttie museum past ; The devouring bulldozer ; A danger list ; Humanity's past -- Appendixes. A: 1. Looted sites in El Peten, Guatemala, 2. Pillaged Maya sites in Mexico, 3. Major art thefts, 1911-1972 ; B. Table of national protective laws ; C. 1. The Pennsylvania declaration, 2. The Harvard report, 3. The Field Museum Of Natural History statement, 4. The Brooklyn Museum policy ; D. 1. Resolution by the Archaeological Institute of America, 2. Report of American Association Of Museums, 3. Resolution of Association of Art Museum Directors ; E. 1. United States antiquities legislation, 2. Treaty of co-operation between the United States and Mexico, 3. Law on importation of Pre-Columbian sculpture and murals ; F. 1. President Nixon's message, 2. State Department summary of UNESCO Convention, 3. Convention on Cultural Property ; G. The NBC Today Show : the vase unveiled.
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| 250 | . | ‡a[1st ed.]. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bAtheneum, ‡c1973. | |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aArt thefts. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aArchaeological thefts. | |
| 650 | 6. | ‡aVol d'objets d'art. | |
| 650 | 6. | ‡aVol d'antiquités. | |
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