Goldmedaille, auf die Vermählung mit
Maria Louise von Österreich.
Vorzüglich.
Michael Feodorowitsch, 1613-1645.
4 Dukaten o. J., St. Petersburg. Novodel.
Very rare.
Vorzüglich bis Stempelglanz.
Elisabeth I., 1741-1761.
10 Rubel 1757, St. Petersburg.
Very rare.
Fast vorzüglich.
Georg Friedrich "der Jüngere", 1692-1703.
Taler 1694, Schwabach.
Mit Randschrift.
Very rare.
NGC AU55. Gutes vorzüglich.
Georg Wilhelm, 1712-1726.
Taler 1712, auf den Regierungsantritt.
Very rare.
NGC MS64. Stempelglanz.
Bankportugalöser zu 10 Dukaten 1667.
Very rare.
Vorzüglich.
Philipp Adolph von Ehrenberg, 1623-1631.
Goldgulden, 1626.
Extremely rare.
NGC MS62. Stempelglanz.
Johann Philipp von Greiffenklau zu Vollraths, 1699-1719.
5 Dukaten 1702.
Extremely rare.
NGC MS63. Prägefrisch.
5 Mark 1875.
Extremely rare in this condition.
Polierte Platte.
20 Mark 1873.
Extremely rare in this condition.
Fast Stempelglanz.
Researchers Analyse the Myth About the Massive Illicit Trade in Antiquities
The illicit trade in antiquities is the world’s third-largest illicit trade – time and again, this statement pops up in headlines. An extensive new study shows how this false claim came about, and how we actually should deal with the problem of the illegal trade in antiquities.
There is no evidence that proves that the illicit trade in antiquities is the third largest in the world. That is the finding of a new study by Donna Yates and Neil Brodie.
Time and again, new studies and counter-studies are being published on the question of the actual volume of the illicit trade in antiquities. Usually, those who do not like the results claim that the study in question has an ideological agenda.
Donna Yates and Neil Brodie, two researchers specialising in cultural property issues and the antiquities trade, now ventured into this field.
Donna Yates is Associate Professor in the department of Criminal Law and Criminology at Maastricht University. She has been studying the international trade in cultural assets, works of art and cultural property crimes for years.
Neil Brodie is archaeologist at Oxford University and, among other things, expert at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
In their study with the title “The illicit trade in antiquities is not the world’s third-largest illicit trade: a critical evaluation of a factoid”, Yates and Brodie examined articles and contributions of daily newspapers, specialist publications as well as other documents from the past fifty years. Their result: the often quoted numbers and so-called facts are not based on hard and fast studies but come from early publications that quote even older texts without critically analysing their veracity. In this context, the authors speak of so-called “zombie statistics” and emphasise: this claim is not true. Repeating such factoids and using them for political arguments undermines serious efforts to stop looting and trafficking, they find.
The study was published by Oxford University Press in June 2023 as an open-access publication, so it is freely available to everyone.
