Numlock News: August 16, 2022 • Antiquities, Crime, Sulfur Hexafluoride
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By Walt Hickey Antiquities A court in New York issued a warrant for the arrest of a Lebanese antiquities dealer who had been a longtime tipster for art cops over smuggled artifacts. The 81-year-old is accused of trafficking hundreds of pieces out of Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and is alleged to be the first person to obtain a Sidon marble bull’s head that in 2017 was seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Valued at
Numlock News: August 16, 2022 • Antiquities, Crime, Sulfur Hexafluoride
Numlock News: August 16, 2022 • Antiquities…
Numlock News: August 16, 2022 • Antiquities, Crime, Sulfur Hexafluoride
By Walt Hickey Antiquities A court in New York issued a warrant for the arrest of a Lebanese antiquities dealer who had been a longtime tipster for art cops over smuggled artifacts. The 81-year-old is accused of trafficking hundreds of pieces out of Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and is alleged to be the first person to obtain a Sidon marble bull’s head that in 2017 was seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Valued at