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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of the artefact in this Arabic article. From the descriptions, it is the upper right portion which was cut out. www.elwatannews.com/news/details...

اختفاء لوحة أثرية نادرة والنيابة العامة تحقق.. القصة الكاملة - الوطن

حالة من الجدل الكبير أثيرت خلال الساعات الماضية بعد اختفاء لوحة أثرية نادرة من الحجر الجيري من داخل مقبرة خنتي كا الواقعة بمنطقة آثار سقارة إذ تعود اللوحة إلى عصر الدولة القديمة حيث تحمل نقوش ا تصور ا...

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 1d

Thieves used a power saw to remove a painted section from the historic wall inside the tomb of Khentkaus in the Giza Governorate in Egypt. apnews.com/article/egyp...

A limestone pharaonic painting vanishes from the famed Saqqara necropolis in Egypt

Egyptian antiquities officials have reported the disappearance of a pharaonic painting from the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 6d

Met curator Charles K. Wilkinson was close to Elias S. David.

Correspondence between Wilkinson and others at the Met document some of David's activities as a dealer, and show that he was honoured as a Fellow of the Museum for life, a privilege extended to his wife after he died in 1969.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 6d

Seems to have been deaccessioned for Iraq at/around the same time as the "Statuette of a Man Carrying a Box". Nothing said on that 2023/2024 restitution either.

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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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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Sep 4

Update: The looted Goudstikker painting will be stored at the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires for now. Patricia Kadgien and her husband appeared in court, where their passports were confiscated and they were formally charged with possessing and concealing ‘stolen art in the context of genocide.’

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Sep 4

Will this stolen World War II area painting tied to Friedrich Kadgien leave the pampa and go back where it belongs?

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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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Sep 3

and still this little Madonna and child, seized and awaiting identification.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Sep 3

Then there is the painting by Rachel Ruysch in the National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires that looks a lot like the Abraham Mignon still life being searched for as a World War II era loss by the Dutch Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed which was bought by Kadgien.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Sep 3

But this is not the only development in the can you spot a looted World War II era painting game. Two more portraits have been seized from a house in the La Florida neighbourhood connected to the Kadgien family.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office recently displayed the canvas from the Goudstikker collection during a press conference in the city of Mar del Plata.

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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

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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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 28

Prodigious art dealer Inigo Philbrick’s love of money proved his downfall, but BBC Two’s The Great Art Fraud shows he remains unrepentant. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/great-a...

The rise and fall of a narcissistic art fraudster who duped the super-rich

Prodigious art dealer Inigo Philbrick’s love of money proved his downfall, but BBC Two’s The Great Art Fraud shows he remains unrepentant

www.telegraph.co.uk

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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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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Aug 27

Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina.

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Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 27

Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina.

art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/08/swas...

Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina

"A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 25

Diamonds and Dispossessed Art: The Friedrich Gustav Kadgien connection to Goudstikker’s stolen artworks.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 16

Respectfully, unless you’ve spoken with Avv. D’Ascia regarding Italy’s timeline in their pursuit of recognition and enforcement of the Italian forfeiture judgment it seems premature to speculate on the validity of Italy's claim overlooking the complexity of international enforcement in the US.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · Aug 15

61 years ago today and Italy is still waiting.

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61 years ago today and Italy is still waiting.

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · Aug 12

For @theopennotebook.bsky.social, I wrote about what to do when people don't call you back. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of public documents: lawsuits, corporate filings, government databases, social media, and much more. www.theopennotebook.com/2025/08/12/h...

Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Public Documents to Report on Elusive Stories - The Open Notebook

People, companies, and government agencies don’t always return your phone calls. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of documents that are out in the open. Lawsuits, Ins...

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 10

We will carry on thanks to your guidance my friend.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 9

The proposed US Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions, requiring art dealers and auction houses to retain records of expensive art transactions.

www.icij.org/news/2025/08...

New US bill aims to clamp down on money laundering through art holdings - ICIJ

The proposed Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions.

www.icij.org

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · Aug 9

Anyone have a copy of this catalogue? If yes, can you DM me backchannel?

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