One was an Italian who got his start peddling trinkets on the streets of Rome. Another was an American expatriate who could close a deal for a Greek vase in six languages. The third was a flashy ...

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ROME – A Rome judge declared an end Wednesday to the trial of a former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator accused of knowingly acquiring looted art from Italy, citing the expiration of the ...

ROME — You might think that it is difficult to meet a bona fide antiquities smuggler. It is not. Giacomo Medici, convicted here of smuggling and sentenced to 10 years in prison and a 10 million Euro ...

Four items that were to sell at Christie’s London this week have been withdrawn from the sale based on possible links to disgraced art dealers Giacomo Medici and Gianfranco Becchina, Christie’s has ...