Published: Monday 18th April 2016
April 2016 Art Loss Register locates a stolen marine chronometer An early 20th century two day Marine Chronometer, mounted on a locking gimbal in a brass bound wooden case, 7 x 7 x 8 ins. This week, a stolen early 20th century marine chronometer was returned to the theft victim following its location by the […]
Published: Monday 18th April 2016
The Art Loss Register’s Will Korner discusses common perceptions and the reality of art theft and dispute in the March 2016 newsletter for J. Safra Sarasin Brokerage Limited. The article on Famous Art and Jewellery Heists in July’s J. Safra Sarasin Brokerage’s newsletter compiled some of the most famous thefts on the subject. There is a certain familiarity for […]
Published: Wednesday 10th February 2016
The Art Loss Register (ALR) has successfully resolved the case of a lost Anish Kapoor Water Pendant which sold at Bonhams this week for £8,125, exceeding its estimate. The pendant was bought by an American tourist as an anniversary gift for his wife in 2013. The pendant, one of an edition of just five, is […]
Published: Wednesday 20th January 2016
The Art Loss Register has recovered a large 18th century Pastoral Tapestry by the famous French manufacturer Aubusson, which was stolen from a Château in France in 1982, and it will now be returned to its rightful home. The Château is classified as a historic monument and the tapestry, which was hanging in its Salon, […]
Published: Thursday 10th December 2015
On the 6thof November 2014 a UK auction house approached the Art Loss Register about a painting which a person had brought in for consignment to auction, as they suspected something out of the ordinary. The consignor had bought it at a car boot sale five years earlier for a mere £10. The Art Loss […]
