Archive for December, 2006

Interview: Italy’s Antiquities Prosecutor Fiorilli

Article – Suzan Mazur

Italy’s antiquities prosecutor, Maurizio Fiorilli, has become the darling of the media in the past year helping to persuade the American public, and particularly the art world, to rethink the ethics of holding onto Italy’s cultural patrimony with …
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The Odyssey Of Stuart Pivar’s Roman Bronze Boy

Opinion – Suzan Mazur

New York collector Stuart Pivar says the odyssey of his “nearly life-size” Roman bronze boy includes a chapter on an attempted “assassination” of the statue. He identifies the place of treachery as the Hunt-Sotheby’s auction, June 19,1990. And he fingers …
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Mazur: John Deuss Oil Trader Max Bernegger Speaks

Article – Suzan Mazur

I remember Max Bernegger’s disarming smile the day he walked through the doors at Alexandra Christie, the 1970s fashion company owned by Dutch oil trader John Deuss — where I was the model.
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Mazur: John Deuss’ Editors On Record On The Man

THE HUSH HUSH nature of the John Deuss investigation related to VAT-skimming deposits at his offshore First Curacao International Bank gives the impression that deeper politics are at play.
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