Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues

A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.

Monday, 13 July 2026

Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah

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In the USA, President Trump announces that he is terminating 3 million acres of national monuments in southern Utah, opening them up to dril...
Monday, 29 June 2026

Native American Public Archaeology under Trump?

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  Watching over the looters' shoulders: " A Digger Hit A Bascom Blade Cache, “4,000 Years,” Then More Blades Were Still In The Dirt...

Somerset Hoard acquired for £78,000'

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Steven Morris, ' Somerset detectorist strikes gold with ‘spectacular’ Roman ring find ' Guardian Tue 2 Jun 2026 . When Kevin Min...
Sunday, 28 June 2026

"From a Private Collection" How Did it get to New York?

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                      Sothebys New York .                    Colección Mariano Moret @ColeccionMMoret [ Translated from Spanish] "D...
Sunday, 14 June 2026

Russian Barrage on Civilian Targets Also Damages Kyiv's Historic Dormition Cathedral at the Lavra Monastery

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Ukrainian  authorities confirm that Kyiv’s iconic Lavra Monastery was significantly damaged during a Russian drone and missile raid last n...
Sunday, 24 May 2026

Fraudster sentenced after trying to sell bogus ancient statues with fake papers to Sotheby’s

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A 46-year-old man, Andrew Crowley, was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to sell fraudulent Cycladic figures at Sotheby’s Lond...
Friday, 1 May 2026

Israel in Lebanon

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  Israeli forces have detonated the historic Shamaa Castle and the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa (St. Peter) in south Lebanon, destroying the UN...
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Paul Barford
British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.
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