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Charles Ede Ltd help solve museum’s 160-year-old riddle
Congratulations to ADA member Charles Ede Ltd, who hit the headlines in mid January thanks to their initiative and the expertise of Egyptologist Tom Hardwick. As reported in Antiques Trade Gazette, two fragments of a decorative wooden box made c1400BC, during the...
Now Ancient & Oriental scoop Best Stand Award
The ADA is punching well above its weight when it comes to awards at fairs these days. First Costas Paraskevaides of Art Ancient won Best Stand at the LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square, London in September for the second year running; now ADA deputy chairman Chris Martin...
Trade fears Cultural Property Bill’s criminal liability clause will damage the art market
The UK’s leading art trade associations fear well-meaning legislation to protect cultural property in occupied armed conflict zones might damage the wider legitimate market. The warning came as they tried to persuade ministers to reword a vital clause in the new...
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Collecting ancient art, an old tradition under attack
Misinformation, propaganda and a reliance on prejudice rather than a dispassionate assessment of the facts continue to blight the debate over looted antiquities. Those wishing to fight the criminals would do better to work with the legitimate trade, which is keener...
The Antiquities Trade: Time for clear thinking, plain speaking and a constructive approach
Ivan Macquisten, policy and media adviser to the Antiquities Dealers Association (ADA), speaks on behalf of the ADA at Destruction of Monuments and Memory in the Middle East, a seminar organised by the Iran Heritage Foundation, at Asia House in London on December 16,...
Protecting our Past for the Future – view from the Trade
We have talked today a lot about looting and have seen many illustrations, but it is clear that the greatest crisis currently facing world heritage is the destruction taking place in Syria and Iraq. The major causes of the destruction are two-fold: war with...