The art collecting legal handbook
By: Bruno Boesch and Massimo Sterpi ; commissioning editor, Michele O'Sullivan
Contributors: Sterpi, Massimo, author; O'Sullivan, Michele, editor
Publisher: Thomson Reuters
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780414026933
Subjects: Artists; Legal status, laws; Law and art; Art museums
Description: Collecting, preserving and promoting cultural goods, whether fine art, archaeological objects or decorative arts, is now global. Oddly, rules and practices have remained very local, save for ICOM's efforts at the institutional level and UNESCO's endeavours to help preserve national cultural heritage and combat illicit trafficking. This book is designed to help the collector and their advisers navigate the maze on an international level. Each chapter of this book addresses a number of issues from the perspective of a different jurisdiction to help collectors making errors that could be potentially illegal. The format of the chapters follow a question and answer style thus enabling readers to make quick and accurate comparisons in multiple jurisdictions covering property law, insurance, customs, tax, inheritance, intellectual property and more.
Notes: "European Lawyer Reference Series"--Page [ii].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / -- Michele O'Sullivan -- Introduction / -- Bruno Boesch, -- Massimo Sterpi -- Foreword / -- Julien Anfruns -- Foreword / -- Sam Keller; title: The evolution of the art world  -- Sabina von Arx, -- Morgan Stanley; title: The artist's contract with the collector and the contract as artwork -- Daniel McClean.; title: Argentina  -- Juan Javier Negri; title: Australia  -- Janet Whiting, -- Stephen Stern, -- Reynah Tang; title: Austria  -- Peter M. Polak, -- Sabine-Katharina Andreasch, -- Christian Eder; title: Belgium  -- Lucie Lambrecht; title: Canada  -- Brian W. Gray, -- Ben Frenken; title: China  -- Denning Jin; title: England & Wales  -- Adrian Parkhouse, -- James Carleton; title: Finland  -- Rainer Hilli, -- Suvi Laes; title: France  -- Jean François Canat, -- Anne Boutron; title: Germany  -- Friederike Gräfin von Brühl; title: Greece  -- Alkisti-Irene Malamis, -- Aristeidis Papathanasiou; title: Hungary  -- Katalin Szamosi, -- Enikö Karsay; title: India  -- Lata Krishnamurti, -- Pranav Diesh, -- Madhuri Sastry; title: Iran  -- Farkhondeh Sabi; title: Israel  -- Gil Brandes; title: Italy  -- Massimo Sterpi, -- Angela Saltarelli; title: Japan -- Koichi Nakatani,-- Tomoko Takemura; title: Lebanon  -- Mike Badran, -- Bahia al Yafi, -- Tima Hachem Grant; title: Malta  -- Luigi A. Sansone; title: Mexico  -- Santamarina-Steta; title: The Netherlands  -- Pieter H. Ariëns Kappers, -- Titia Fuchs; title: Russia  -- Maxim Alekseyev, -- Kira Egorova, -- Maria Ostashenko; title: Singapore  -- Lam Chung Nian; title: Spain  -- Juan José Marin; title: Sweden  -- Clas Romander, -- Sofia Karlsson; title: Switzerland  -- Bruno Boesch, -- Benjamin Dori, -- Bertold Müller, -- Emilie Mermillod; title: Turkey  -- Murat Volkan Dülger, -- Bilge Saltan; title: United States : California  -- Robert A. Darwell; title: United States : federal and New York -- Ambre Nérinck-Seltzer,-- John Charles Thomas.