Lawfulness and Ethics around Cultural Property Auctions: The Case of the Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Collection

Autor:	Zara Ruiz Romero
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	050502 law Cultural Studies History 060102 archaeology Jurisdiction Event (relativity) 05 social sciences Museology 06 humanities and the arts Conservation Cultural property Anthropology Political science Common value auction 0601 history and archaeology 0505 law Law and economics Ethical code
Zdroj:	International Journal of Cultural Property. 27:397-416
ISSN:	1465-7317 0940-7391
DOI:	10.1017/s0940739120000211
Popis:	In March 2013, the Barbier-Mueller collection of pre-Columbian art was auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris. This event ended with the sale of half of the works offered and generated a confrontation between six of the countries of origin of the artifacts, which were absolutely opposed to the sale, and the Sothebys’ Parisian branch. This article, taking the case described above as a reference, intends to analyze the ethical considerations and lawfulness implied in the buying and selling of cultural property at auction. With this purpose in mind, the arguments held by both parties in this disagreement are analyzed. At the same time, the efficacy of national laws, international conventions, and regulations is considered, mainly with reference to the use of principles and ethical codes that seem to be applied when the law has no jurisdiction.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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