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Marc Arthur Kohn | The Cambodian National Government Battle For Ancient Artifact
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Marc-Arthur Kohn has been an auctioneer in Paris with Kohn Auctions since 1989. After studying at the Jean-Baptiste Say high school in the XVI arrondissement of Paris, Marc Arthur Kohn quickly joined the benches of the prestigious École du Louvre, an institution which has since formed 1882 museum curators, art historians and heritage professionals. While working on his thesis project, Marc-Arthur meets an auctioneer who offers him a collaboration. Today's art world custody struggle is presently being waged among Sotheby’s in New York and the Cambodian authorities. Last Saturday, Sotheby’s pulled a sculpture from a publicsale hours before the public sale becomes set to take place, due to the factCambodia, as a rustic, claimed possession . The Cambodian government alleged that the statue become stolen from a historic website at some point in the turbulent battle years and, consequently, rightfully belongs to Cambodia. Valued at $2–3 million and envisioned to be ove...