Archaeological Criminality – Masters of Deceit Rhodes Forum 2013
Dialogue of CivilizationsProfessor Paul A. Yule, Heidelberg University
4.10.2013
Tell Jokha, Südirak © Carabinieri T.P.C. Italia
Prohear,Cambodia, Iron Age cemetery
Looted Artefacts auctioned for PriceSotheby’s sold the Guennol Lion, fromIran, 5000 BP for a record price of US$57.2 Million
http://archaeoporn.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/looted-object-sold-for-record-price/ http://artmuseumjournal.com/guennol_lioness.aspx
height: 8 cm
Sensational US$69m record for Chinese work of art at a small auction house in Ruislip/UK
http://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2010/nov/15/sensational-%C2%A343m-record-for-chinese-work-of-art-in-ruislip/
Record Prices for Art Sold PrivatelyExchange rates are based on the bank selling
rate for the day of the sale. 1.$140m - Jackson Pollock's 1948 drip painting No 5. Sold by David Geffen to Mexican financier David Martinez in a private deal brokered by Sotheby's in November 2006.
2. $135m - Gustav Klimt's 1907 Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Sold by Marian Altman to cosmetics magnate Ronald Lauder, founder of the Neue Galerie in New York, for $135m (£77m) in a private deal brokered by Christie's in June 2006.
3. $80m - Jasper Johns' False Start. Sold by David Geffen to Kenneth C. Griffin in October 2006.
http://www.antiquestradegazette.com/essential-info/top-ten-prices/
Number of hits in Google regarding criminality in art and archaeology
1 art smuggling 233.000.0002 art theft 101.000.0003 art tax evasion 9.100.0004 art organized crime 8.290.0005 art forgery 7.550.0006 art money laundering 5.550.0007 art smuggle legislation 5.180.0008 internet art criminality 5.040.000
9 illicit art trade 4.690.00010 art criminality 2.550.00011 illegal excavation 2.030.00012 taliban art smuggling 1.340.000
13 art dealer lobbying 588.00014 antiquities smuggling 457.000
Source: Arts Economics (2012) with data from Artnet and ASI (artnet.com) copyright 2013
How large is the commercial art market?
Source: artsation.com 2013
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Sales in the Global Art M arket 1990-2011billion U SD
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1992
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1997
1998
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$27.2
$9.7$14.3
$19.9
$65.8
$39.4
$64.1
source: UNESCO, THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF CULTURAL OBJECTS THE 1970 CONVENTION: PAST AND FUTURE15.03.2011
Source: UN international Crime estimate for 2010
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High-end art is one of the most manipulated markets in the worldA. Schrager, 11 July 2013
Tombaroli Capo Zona (cordata) dealer
classical triangular or row deal
collector, museum
Watson, Todeschini, Die Medici Verschwörung, 2006
Tombaroli Capo Zona (cordata) dealer
mirage affiliates,clandestine affiliates, colluding colleagues,auction houses
classical triangular or row deal
collector, museum
Tombaroli Capo Zona (cordata) dealer
mirage affiliates,clandestine affiliates, colluding colleagues,auction houses
no contact allowed!!
collector, museum
classical triangular or row deal