PRAGUE (AP).- The Czech Republic is racing to reclaim valuable artworks it loaned to museums across Europe before they can be seized in a battle over a $500 million judgment to a businessman who says the government slandered him. The government has re…
United States Government Demands Saint Louis Art Museum Hand Over Egyptian Artifact
ST. LOUIS (REUTERS).- A fight between the U.S. government and the St. Louis Art Museum over a death mask from ancient Egypt intensified on Wednesday as the government formally demanded the museum hand over the disputed object. The 3,200-year-old mask o…
United States Government Demands Saint Louis Art Museum Hand Over Egyptian Artifact
ST. LOUIS (REUTERS).- A fight between the U.S. government and the St. Louis Art Museum over a death mask from ancient Egypt intensified on Wednesday as the government formally demanded the museum hand over the disputed object. The 3,200-year-old mask o…
Saint Louis Art Museum Files Federal Lawsuit to Keep a 3,200-Year-Old Mummy Mask
DETROIT (AP).- The St. Louis Art Museum has filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask that Egypt wants returned, claiming it was stolen nearly two decades ago. The museum claims the U.S. government is trying to seize the 20-in…
FBI Seizes a Forgery of Andrew Wyeth’s Painting "Snow Birds" from an Auction House
NEW YORK, NY.- David C Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the seizure of a fraudulent Andrew Wyeth painting from a New York auction house, and the seizure of Mesopotamian antiquities from a California antiquiti…