Detail of an image of a golden eagle, photographed in April 2014. On June 26, a Montana man was sentenced to three years in prison for trafficking golden eagle feathers, tails and wings. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Ron Knight. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Montana man sentenced to prison for illegally selling eagle feathers, parts

A golden eagle, photographed in April 2014. On June 26, a Montana man was sentenced to three years in prison for trafficking golden eagle feathers, tails and wings. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Ron Knight. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

A golden eagle, photographed in April 2014. On June 26, a Montana man was sentenced to three years in prison for trafficking golden eagle feathers, tails and wings. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Ron Knight. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – A federal judge in South Dakota has sentenced a Montana man to three years in prison for trafficking eagle feathers, wings and tails.

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Exterior of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Penn., photographed in September 2007. It was among the museums and institutions targeted by a burglary ring during the course of two decades. On June 30, three of the nine individuals involved pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the case. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jeffrey from Dunmore, Penn. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

Guilty pleas entered by three from burglary ring that stole art, including Warhol, Pollock

Exterior of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Penn., photographed in September 2007. It was among the museums and institutions targeted by a burglary ring during the course of two decades. On June 30, three of the nine individuals involved pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the case. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jeffrey from Dunmore, Penn. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

Exterior of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Penn., photographed in September 2007. It was among the museums and institutions targeted by a burglary ring during the course of two decades. On June 30, three of the nine individuals involved pleaded guilty to federal charges. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jeffrey from Dunmore, Penn. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) – Three of nine people have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a burglary ring that authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say stole artwork – including works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock – as well as antique weapons, sports memorabilia and other items from museums and other institutions during two decades.

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The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, photographed in September 2006. The institution found itself in a tough situation in 2014; it was exhibiting objects from Crimea and the Black Sea when Russia annexed the region. Both Crimea and Ukraine demanded the 300-odd loaned objects be returned to them, prompting the museum to put everything in storage and take the matter to court. On June 9, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled the museum should give the material to Ukraine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit the Amsterdam Municipal Department for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings (bMA).

Dutch Supreme Court orders return of borrowed Crimean artifacts to Ukraine

The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, photographed in September 2006. The institution found itself in a tough situation in 2014; it was exhibiting objects from Crimea and the Black Sea when Russia annexed the region. Both Crimea and Ukraine demanded the 300-odd loaned objects be returned to them, prompting the museum to put everything in storage and take the matter to court. On June 9, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled the museum should give the material to Ukraine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit the Amsterdam Municipal Department for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings (bMA).

The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, photographed in September 2006. The institution found itself in a tough situation in 2014; it was exhibiting objects from Crimea when Russia annexed the region. Both Crimea and Ukraine demanded the 300-odd loaned objects be returned to them, prompting the museum to put everything in storage and take the matter to court. On June 9, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled the museum should give the material to Ukraine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit the Amsterdam Municipal Department for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings (bMA).

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on June 9 ordered that a Dutch museum’s trove of historical treasures from Crimea be sent to Ukraine, upholding a lower court ruling that the 300 artifacts are part of Ukraine’s cultural heritage. The collection of archaeological objects, some more than 2,000 years old, was on display at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, sparking a dispute over the repatriation of the borrowed pieces.

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Arrests made in thefts of Yogi Berra’s World Series rings, Warhol and Pollock art

Image of Yogi Berra extracted from 1953 Bowman color Yogi Berra #121 baseball card. Image is in the public domain in the United States because it was published between 1929 and 1963, and if a copyright existed, it was not renewed.

SCRANTON, Pa. – Federal authorities announced charges against a ring of nine people for thefts of millions of dollars worth of paintings, sports memorabilia and other valuables including an Andy Warhol silkscreen, a Jackson Pollock painting and nine World Series rings belonging to the late Yankees catcher Yogi Berra.

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Palm Beach art dealer sentenced to 27 months; sold counterfeit Warhols, Basquiats

Photo of Lady Justice by Dev Kulshrestha, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

Photo of Lady Justice by Dev Kulshrestha, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

MIAMI – Palm Beach art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz was sentenced on June 1 to 27 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for laundering money derived from his scheme to sell counterfeit artwork. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon also ordered Bouaziz to pay a $15,000 fine. The restitution hearing is set for August 16.

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Exterior of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., where the Supreme Court of the United States meets, photographed in March 2019. On May 18, the court ruled that Andy Warhol had in fact violated Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright on a photograph she took of the singer Prince. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Marielam1. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Andy Warhol violated photographer’s copyright, Supreme Court rules

Exterior of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., where the Supreme Court of the United States meets, photographed in March 2019. On May 18, the court ruled that Andy Warhol had in fact violated Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright on a photograph she took of the singer Prince. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Marielam1. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Exterior of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, where the Supreme Court of the United States meets, photographed in March 2019. On May 18, the court ruled that the late artist Andy Warhol had in fact violated Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright on a photograph she took of the singer Prince. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Marielam1. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

WASHINGTON (AP) — On May 18, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince. “Lynn Goldsmith’s original works, like those of other photographers, are entitled to copyright protection, even against famous artists,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in an opinion joined by six of her colleagues.

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Pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 movie ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ photographed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in October 2011. In 2005, a different pair of Garland-worn ruby slippers was stolen from a Minnesota museum devoted to the late actress. On May 17, federal prosecutors in North Dakota announced that a grand jury had indicted Terry Martin for the theft of the iconic footwear. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Chris Evans. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Man indicted in theft of ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland

Pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 movie ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ photographed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in October 2011. In 2005, a different pair of Garland-worn ruby slippers was stolen from a Minnesota museum devoted to the late actress. On May 17, federal prosecutors in North Dakota announced that a grand jury had indicted Terry Martin for the theft of the iconic footwear. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Chris Evans. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Pair of ruby-red sequined slippers worn on screen by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 movie ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ photographed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in October 2011. In 2005, another pair of Garland-worn ruby slippers of similar appearance was stolen from a Minnesota museum devoted to the late actress. On May 17, federal prosecutors in North Dakota announced that a grand jury had indicted Terry Martin for the theft of the iconic footwear. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Chris Evans. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

FARGO, N.D. – A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, federal prosecutors in North Dakota said. The shoes were stolen in 2005 and recovered by a 2018 FBI sting operation, but no arrests were made at the time. Terry Martin was indicted May 16 with one count of theft of a major artwork, prosecutors announced on May 17. The indictment did not provide any further information about Martin and online records do not list an attorney for him.

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The scene outside Dresden’s Green Vault Museum on November 25, 2019, following the theft of more than $100 million dollars’ worth of 18th-century jewelry and precious objects from the German institution. Five men were convicted of the crime and sentenced to prison terms of four to six years in length; a sixth was acquitted. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Bambizoe. Shared under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

Germany: Five sentenced to prison for 100-million-euro jewelry heist

The scene outside Dresden’s Green Vault Museum on November 25, 2019, following the theft of more than $100 million dollars’ worth of 18th-century jewelry and precious objects from the German institution. Five men were convicted of the crime and sentenced to prison terms of four to six years in length; a sixth was acquitted. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Bambizoe. Shared under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

The scene outside Dresden’s Green Vault Museum on November 25, 2019, following the theft of more than $100 million dollars’ worth of 18th-century jewelry and precious objects from the German institution. Five men were convicted of the crime and sentenced to prison terms of four to six years in length; a sixth was acquitted. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Bambizoe. Shared under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

BERLIN (AP) – A German court on May 16 convicted five men for the theft of 18th-century jewels worth more than 100 million euros (roughly $107,800 million) from a Dresden museum in 2019. They were sentenced to prison sentences of between four years and four months and six years and three months, German news agency dpa reported. One defendant was acquitted.

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The Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida, photographed in April 2011. A former auctioneer from Los Angeles agreed to plead guilty to faking works by Jean-Michel Basquiat that were shown at the Florida museum. The paintings were subsequently seized in a federal raid in 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Ebyabe. Shared under several Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licenses, most recently the 3.0 Unported version.

Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme

The Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida, photographed in April 2011. A former auctioneer from Los Angeles agreed to plead guilty to faking works by Jean-Michel Basquiat that were shown at the Florida museum. The paintings were subsequently seized in a federal raid in 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Ebyabe. Shared under several Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licenses, most recently the 3.0 Unported version.

The Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida, photographed in April 2011. A former auctioneer from Los Angeles agreed to plead guilty to faking works by Jean-Michel Basquiat that were shown at the Florida museum. The paintings were subsequently seized in a federal raid in 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Ebyabe. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme in which he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, federal prosecutors said April 11. The paintings ultimately wound up at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida before they were seized by federal agents last year in a scandal that roiled the museum and led to its CEO’s departure after he threatened an art expert and told her to “shut up.”

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Connecticut State Troopers will escort the rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (visible in the bottom row with CT tag) back to its home state. A powderhorn (center right) dating to the French and Indian War was stolen from a Belchertown, Massachusetts, museum in the 1970s. Both were among dozens of artifacts stolen from several different American museums five decades ago that will soon be returned. Image courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

FBI: 50 items stolen from museums in 5 states returned

Connecticut State Troopers will escort the rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (visible in the bottom row with CT tag) back to its home state. A powderhorn (center right) dating to the French and Indian War was stolen from a Belchertown, Massachusetts, museum in the 1970s. Both were among dozens of artifacts stolen from several different American museums five decades ago that will soon be returned. Image courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

Connecticut State Troopers will escort the rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (visible in the bottom row with CT tag) back to its home state. A powderhorn (center right) dating to the French and Indian War was stolen from a Belchertown, Massachusetts, museum in the 1970s. Both are among dozens of artifacts stolen from several different American museums five decades ago that are being returned to their home institutions. Image courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Federal authorities say dozens of artifacts stolen in the 1970s from museums in several states and dating back as far as the French and Indian War have been returned to the institutions.

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