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The Benaki Museum in Athens and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow have organized a joint exhibition that is being immortalized in a bibliophile catalog. It bears witness to the eternal beauty of the human body. Ursula Kampmann took a look.

Planned tightening of the laws on protection of cultural property in the US deepens the divide between collectors and opponents of the art market. The pretext of the war against terrorism is used to cover particular interests and massive personal interrelations with the economy.

The coinage of Ephesus from Roman Imperial times is central to the understanding of provincial numismatics. Stefan Karwiese has been working on it for many years. Now, he presents a commentary volume to his controversial catalog. Ursula Kampmann took a look.

An audit at the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm showed that a transferred 2.6 million euros worth of objects are missing. Now a former employee has to answer for theft.

A piano tuner in Shropshire found his work to be unexpectedly exciting. In December of 2016 he discovered 633 sovereigns and 280 half sovereigns struck between 1847 and 1915 in a piano. The owner could not be found.

The Royal Canadian Mint has launched a “Predator” 1 oz, pure silver bullion coin series featuring the lynx. It has also released a bullion coin, made from 1 oz of pure gold, from its “Call of the Wild” series, celebrating the elk.

The Canadian Viola Desmond made history many years before Rosa Parks did. When she refused to give up her reserved-for-whites seat at the cinema in 1946, she was put into prison. Now she has become the first woman after the Queen to be put on a banknote of her country.

In a spectacular heist in the Berlin Bode Museum, one the world’s largest and most valuable gold coins was stolen. The theft is almost unprecedented. The great force the perpetrators executed came totally unexpected.

Who owns objects that were lent to another country, when the original owner becomes part of a different state during the lending period? This has been an important question since 2014, regarding the gold objects from Crimea. A court in Amsterdam has ruled.

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® and noted numismatist Chen Gi Mao have announced that they will form the NGC Advanced Chinese Authentication Bureau. An extremely rare 1897 Ferracute Szechuan Pattern Set is the first certified coin.