Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced the return of 200 antiquities to Italy.
New York:
On Wednesday, a New York prosecutor announced the return of 200 antiquities worth $10 million to Italy, the latest stolen works of art recovered by US investigators.
Works include a 7th-century BC ceramic vase called “Pithos with Ulysses” and a terracotta figure of a goddess named “A head of a maiden”. from the 4th century BC.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said the 150 artifacts were relevant to his office’s investigation into Edoardo Almagia.
He is an Italian antiques dealer based in New York, who left the United States in 2003.
Vance said Almagia has been investigated in Italy for trafficking and selling looted antiquities to American buyers but is still large.
Vance added that the 100 returned artworks were seized from the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art in New York.
The New York District Attorney’s Office has returned more than 70 artifacts to 14 countries as of August 2020, including nearly 30 artifacts to Cambodia, 100 artifacts to Pakistan, and nearly 250 artifacts to India.
Earlier this month, Vance announced that prominent American art collector and billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt had returned 180 pieces of art and antiquities stolen from around the world – some from Greece Ancient Greece – estimated to be worth $70 million.
The move allows the 80-year-old to avoid indictment and trial for the time being, but bans him for life from buying antiques on the legal art market.
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