At the heart of the Rybolovlev v Bouvier dispute is a thorny issue affecting the whole art market — the difference between acting as an agent and acting as a principal. That grey area needs clarifying right across the market.Graham Bowley, 'Prosecutor in Geneva Drops Criminal Inquiry in $2 Billion Art Dispute' NYT 17th September 2021. This is just one of the cases against the dealer involving alleged so-called 'over-invoicing', but it does suggest that the collector is really at the mercy of the moral standards of the dealers here....
A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
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