Christie’s withdraws a Celtic dagger amid provenance concerns
Christie’s withdrew an eighth-century BCE Celtic bronze dagger and scabbard from its New York antiquities auction after an antiquities researcher linked the objects to records in the Becchina archive and raised concerns about possible looting. Photo: the dagger and scabbard in the Becchina archive, via ARCA and Artnet.
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