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Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures?

By Big New York · 07/10/2026 · Updated 07/10/2026
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After The Met returned a Roman bust connected to Phoenix Ancient Art, the question of what will happen to other works sold by the gallery to dozens of US institutions remains open. When I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few weeks ago in search of a marble portrait bust of an imperious-looking.

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After The Met returned a Roman bust connected to Phoenix Ancient Art, the question of what will happen to other works sold by the gallery to dozens of US institutions remains open. When I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few weeks ago in search of a marble portrait bust of an imperious-looking.

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