Posts Tagged ‘auction’

Chinese patriot sabotages auction

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

It turns out that the auction for the bronze fountain heads held by Christie’s was sabotaged by a Chinese “patriot” who now says that he refuses to pay. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China ‘patriot’ sabotages auction. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Share on Facebook

Cultural property and rights of ownership

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

There is a story buzzing today about an auction to be held in New York where some artifacts that once belonged to Mahatma Gandhi or to be sold at auction.  This whole issue certainly brings up some interesting points. First, the items being auctions are not ancient.  But what is interesting is that many have been calling for Continue reading →