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Footnotes

1.

There are some courageous exceptions; see Avner Raban, “Stop the Charade: It’s Time to Sell Artifacts,” BAR 23:03.

2.

Archaeology, May/June 2001, p. 6.

3.

See the following articles in Archaeology Odyssey: “Bought on the Market: A Gallery,” AO 02:02 and “The Golden Bowl,” in Field Notes, AO 02:02.

4.

See Hershel Shanks, “The Great MFA Exposé,” AO 02:02.

5.

This transaction took place just before the UNESCO treaty of 1970 banning the importation of unprovenanced artifacts was signed.

6.

All quotations from Thomas Hoving are from a series of articles published from June 29 through July 16, 2001, in the online magazine www.artnet.com.