![]() Unlike past eras, when scholarly collectors prided themselves on being among the foremost experts on narrow categories, today many collectors of contemporary art have begun to pepper their Warhols and Princes with Roman mosaics or Chinese Buddhas. It’s no wonder that some collectors are feeling skittish and dealers defensive: Navigating the art world can be daunting enough without the fear of law enforcement knocking on your door with a search warrant.Īnd yet interest in artifacts-whether from ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia, or Indigenous cultures-hasn’t abated. ![]() In Los Angeles, a Classic Midcentury Home Sails on the Market at $2.5 MillionĪfter a recent barrage of headlines about archaeological artifacts seized from humiliated collectors and museums, dealers criminally indicted for trading in smuggled goods, and countries of origin agitating for the return of such pieces, valuable antiquities have become a hot topic, so to speak. ![]() Gisele Bündchen Just Picked up Another South Florida Home Andie MacDowell Is Selling Her 1920s Storybook Tudor in Los Angeles
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