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Indian Government is at a loss where to keep ‘stolen’ national treasures worth $100 million when US sends them back. Ivan Macquisten points out a central problem of returning cultural artefacts to source countries without proper preparations.

A US federal court has ruled that victims of a terror attack financed by Iran cannot claim Persian artefacts as compensation. Eight victims had hoped to take possession of museum collections in order to sell them to meet the $17.5m judgment against Iran.

Every month, an auction of exclusive ancient art is held at Catawiki. WhatÂ’s special about it is the fact that only members of IADAA offer objects there. For the buyer, this means full guarantee in terms of authenticity and provenance.

On Sunday, November 13, 2016 the second Exclusive Ancient Art Auction will take place. 63 exclusive objects from the Mediterranean world and Egypt are on offer. Exclusive Ancient Art Auction is a cooperation of IADAA members continuing the tradition of BAAF.

Since October 28, 2016 the European Commission is conducting a public consultation on rules on the import of cultural goods. All parties concerned, including private collectors and dealers, can contribute – providing they speak excellent English.

Vincent Geerling, Chairman of IADDA, gave a lecture during BAAF Brussels disproving the current reporting in the media about looted antiquities and alleged terror financing. The lecture was filmed and is now available online.

On December 11 and 12, 2014, the German Archaeological Institute hosted a conference on “Cultural Heritage in Danger: Illicit Excavations and Trade” at the German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. The message was clear. Archaeologists demand an end of the trade in ancient objects as we have known it.

Exhaustive investigation has revealed that the most important sources of the allegation the trade in ancient objects would finance IS are not existing. IADAA is summarizing the latest state of knowledge.

Peter Tompa is a coin collector as well as a lawyer and expert in cultural property issues. In his blog he published an article on the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) public session on the Egyption MOU. We re-publish this article in CoinsWeekly to help spreading it among numismatists.

The Basel Ancient Art Fair focuses on the art of the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean. As a result, the BAAF has rapidly become the leading global event in the field and will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year.