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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 17h

Caveat Emptor: What the Dancing Maenad Can Tell Us About the Market for Looted Art.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 23d

We've spent billions digitizing our national records. Revolutionary War pension files, Civil War correspondence, immigration documents, military awards—all beautifully scanned and uploaded. But here's what nobody talks about: most Americans can't read them. www.linkedin.com/pulse/nation...

The National Crisis Hiding in America's Archives: Why 300 Million Historical Documents Remain Locked Away

What happens when a nation loses the ability to read its own history? In January 2025, the agency called for volunteers capable of reading cursive handwriting to help transcribe over 300 million digit...

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 27d

A flint lock blunderbuss, which is attached to a bayonet, and 17 pocket watches and chronometers were stolen when two thieves were believed to have forced entry into the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

Historic weapon and pocket watches stolen from museum

A blunderbuss and 17 pocket watches were taken

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 28d

The comments between Mendelsohn and former curator Michael Padgett (also named in the 2024 arrest warrant for
antiquities trafficker Edoardo Almagia), discussing articles written by @davidwjgill.bsky.social, Marlowe and ARCA clearly demonstrate his awareness that his statue was problematic.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 29d

A trial in Italy for the illicit trafficking of archaeological artifacts involving 6 individuals concluded with three convictions and three plea bargains. The preliminary hearing judge of the Pescara Court, Giovanni De Renzis, imposed a total of 12 years in prison. www.ilgerme.it/traffico-di-...

Traffico di reperti archeologici: condanne e patteggiamenti per sei persone - ilGerme

Si è concluso con tre condanne e tre patteggiamenti il processo di primo grado sul traffico illecito di reperti archeologici che ha coinvolto diverse persone...

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 8

As the Argentine WWII-era plundered paintings case stays in the news, interesting details are coming out regarding a ranch Friedrich Kadgien owned in Mar del Sud that was previously owned by Bolivian Nazi spy Karl Gustav Einckenberg.
www.lanacion.com.ar/propiedades/...

La estancia del nazi Kadgien en Mar del Sud: asado, caballos y arte robado a galeristas judíos

El recaudador de Hermann Göring vivió apaciblemente entre Vicente López y la estancia El Porvenir de Mar del Sud; su historia se conoció por un cuadro robado a un marchante judío en 1940

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 4

Patricia Kadgien, the daughter of Nazi leader Friedrich Gustav Kadgien, and her husband have been charged with aggravated accessory after the fact for theft in the context of genocide, a charge upheld by Federal Judge Santiago Inchausti, who presided over the hearing in regards to the WWII painting.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 4

And another (in a series of) costly Chinese porcelain museum thefts. This time from the Adrien Dubouché National Museum in Limoges. www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/a...

Museum in Limoges struck by a €9.5 million porcelain heist

The Adrien-Dubouché National Museum in Limoges, which claims to have the largest collection of porcelain in the world, was burgled on Wednesday night, with three pieces classified as national treasure...

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 4

The frame of Patricia Kadgien's own Facebook photo of a still life owned by her SS officer father is a perfect match for the stolen painting by Abraham Mignon when overlaid onto the still life currently in the collection of the Museo de Arte Decorativo in Buenos Aires.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 4

A Still Life in Buenos Aires: Misattribution, Mystery, and (more) Nazi-Era Shadows.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 2

577 Antiquities Seized: Minya looting case exposes ongoing threats to Egypt’s heritage.

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577 Antiquities Seized: Minya looting case exposes ongoing threats to Egypt’s heritage

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 2

Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Police and Public Security sectors arrested a home appliance dealer residing in Minya Governorate along with 577 objects which are believed to have possibly come from illicit excavations which he was planning to trade.

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ضبط شخص بحوزته 577 قطعة أثرية حصل عليه عبر التنقيب غير الشرعي في المنيا

YouTube video by العربية مصر

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Sep 2

Restitution Delayed, Injustice Prolonged: Kadgien family intends to drag the ownership claim of "Portrait of a Lady" stolen from Jacques Goudstikker into Argentine Civil Court.

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Restitution Delayed, Injustice Prolonged: Kadgien family intends to drag the ownership claim of "Portrait of a Lady" stolen from Jacques Goudstikker into Argentine Civil Court

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Aug 28

Six Months for 590 Artefacts: The Case of U.S.-Egyptian Smuggler Ashraf Omar Eldarir.

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Six Months for 590 Artefacts: The Case of U.S.-Egyptian Smuggler Ashraf Omar Eldarir

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