The Antiquities Trade: A reflection on the past 25 years, Part 2

Written By Ivy Prost

This article presents the perspective of a professional within the antiquities trade on the evolution of the market since 1989. It is based on an article that will be published by UNIDROIT later in 2021.

This is Part 2 of a three-part article and contains the following sections:

  • Archives – Medici, Becchina and Symes

  • Transparency

  • Changing practices

  • Fighting illicit activity

  • The CircArt Project

  • “Millions” and “Billions” and supposed terrorist financing

  • Is art crime second only to drugs and weapons?

  • International seizures

  • The Internet

  • Part 1 : definitions, academic relations, orphan antiquities, the 2000 date, and source country export licenses

  • Part 3 : the law, European Union and U.S. developments, art fair seizures, legal trade, orphans and fair compensation, and the way forward.

Ivy Prost
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