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Reminder that Alan Dershowitz is an intense art collector. According to the @nytimes, he owns not one but two Egyptian sarcophagi! According to me, he owns two thingies that are either looted or fake. A short thread! https://twitter.com/kfile/status/1222670206805344257">https://twitter.com/kfile/sta...
Hereu2019s the Times article, where Dershowitz complains that he canu2019t donate his antiquities to museums because they wonu2019t accept them without paperwork to show they were legally exported from their country of origin: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/arts/design/antiquity-market-grapples-with-stricter-guidelines-for-gifts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/1...
Hereu2019s their photo of Dershowitzu2019s house. Apparently he favors a salon-style hang throughout.
Dershowitz has a sad. Good for museums who donu2019t want to reward people who buy looted/snuggled antiquities with tax deductions for their donations! Buuuuut saying u201cwe canu2019t take this without paperworku201d is also cover for saying u201chahahaha nice try donating a ridiculous fake.u201d
As an ancient art historian, Iu2019m going to have to say u201cnope,u201d u201coh hell no,u201d or u201cwell, maybeu201d for most of Dershowitzu2019s u201cantiquities.u201d
I mean, Zippy the Pre-Columbian Pinhead over here is not even trying.
So, yeah, donu2019t buy antiquities without paperwork! Youu2019re either getting looted objects or fakes, and museums shouldnu2019t accept either of them. Here are screenshots of the Times article. (Also check out that u201cancientu201d u201cChineseu201d u201chorseu201d.)
And if you& #39;d like to see me explaining more about how to spot fake ancient art, via discussing a forged Egyptian mummy penis, voila: https://twitter.com/artcrimeprof/status/1114553567094947845?s=20">https://twitter.com/artcrimep...
