Sharp eyed David Gill has spotted some interesting names in a list published as part of the ACCG case against import restrictions on Italian antiquities without documentation of lawful export. Apart from the IAPN and ACCG-related names there, he notes others:
The list is well worth a look as it includes a New York private collector who has returned material to Italy, a New York based antiquities dealer who has returned material to Italy, and two museum curators whose collections have returned material to Italy.I also see on the list a ranty US coin dealer who lives in an area that on Google Earth looks like a dump, back in 1999 lived in an area that looks even more like a dump, even the surroundings of locatable UK metal detectorists living on council estates look more appealing from the satellite. Also back in 1999 the ratio White Hat Guys: Black Hat Guys submitting comments was more favourable, are there now fewer of us, or more of them? Or have White Hat Guys been going over to the Dark Side in the intervening period?
a) the list has been available for a long time on the ACCG web site
ReplyDeleteb) since Jennifer Niels actively supports the restitution of the Parthenon marbles to Athens from the British Museum, I guess she's not overly pro collecting ... I'd say the same as several other names, so it's missleading to claim they all think the same or believe the same ...
a) yes, I know (it says so above).
ReplyDeleteb) I did not say that I believed all the names were of people on one side of the "import restrictions on unlawfully exported items" fence. In fact I noted the interesting proportions of those most likely to represent one viewpoint ("White Hat Guys") versus the "Dark Side" (those most likely to oppose import restrictions), did I not?
The point David was making concerned the possible motives of those who oppose regulation of the import of unlawfully exported items.