{"id":1253,"date":"2021-09-25T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T00:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T01:00:05","slug":"mexican-government-attempts-to-halt-german-auction-of-pre-columbian-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/mexican-government-attempts-to-halt-german-auction-of-pre-columbian-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Government Attempts to Halt German Auction of Pre-Columbian Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mexican government is making efforts to halt an auction of pre-Columbian artifacts in Germany this week. In a letter sent to the Munich-based dealer Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, the Mexican Secretary of Culture Alejandra Fraustro said the archaeological objects had been deemed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\">national patrimony<\/a>\u201d belonging to the Mexican people by the Instituto Nacional de Arqueologia e Historia.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<em>Mexico Daily News<\/em>, Fraustro cited a 1934 Mexican law which prohibits the export of Mexican objects of archeological importance, and reiterated the government\u2019s dedication to recovering Mexican heritage items from auctions worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>More than 70 artifacts are set to appear at the Munich auction on September 21. Among them is a group of figures from the states of Michoac\u00e1n and Veracruz that date to between 300 C.E. and 900 C.E. A mask from the Olmec people, the earliest known inhabitants of Mesoamerica, carries an estimate of \u20ac100,000 ($117,000), while a small sculpture of Cihuateotl, the name given to the souls of women who died in childbirth, is priced at \u20ac5,000 ($5,800).<\/p>\n<p>On September 13, the Mexican government said that its federal Culture Ministry and the INAH had filed a complaint with Mexico\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s office. The agencies requested that the legal division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lend its diplomatic influence in the fight to recover the artifacts from the Munich auction house. Meanwhile, Francisco Quiroga, Mexico\u2019s ambassador in Germany, visited the auction house to meet with Francisca Bernheimer, the head of Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, in an attempt to block the sale,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the\u00a0<em>Art Newspaper<\/em><\/a>. He later posted on social media that INAH had identified one of the items listed in the catalogue as a fake.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to\u00a0<em>ARTnews<\/em>, a representative for Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger said that all objects listed in the upcoming auction \u201chave proof of provenance\u201d and were legally obtained in Germany. The auction house added that documentation of provenance was available from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">reputable<\/a>\u201d institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts in Munich follow a reaffirmed determination by the Mexican government to fight the international trafficking of heritage items. Earlier this month, Mexican authorities succeeded in canceling an auction of 17 Mexican artifacts that appeared at the Rome-based Casa Bertolami Fine Arts on September 16. The Mexican ambassador to Italy, Carlos Garc\u00eda de Alba, working with local police, secured every piece that had yet to be sold and blocked the delivery of the artifacts that had already been purchased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the result of cultural diplomacy;\u00a0of dialogue and the permanent work of two nations that recognize in their heritage one of their greatest treasures, symbols of their history, their identity and the most sacred thing that their peoples have,\u201d Frausto said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mexican government is making efforts to halt an auction of pre-Columbian artifacts in Germany this week. In a letter sent to the Munich-based dealer Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, the Mexican Secretary of Culture Alejandra Fraustro said the archaeological objects had been deemed \u201cnational patrimony\u201d belonging to the Mexican people by the Instituto Nacional de Arqueologia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13,7,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artist","8":"category-auction","9":"category-events","10":"category-gallery","11":"category-latest-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mexican Government Attempts to Halt German Auction of Pre-Columbian Artifacts - Investable Art Auctioneer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mexican government is making efforts to halt an auction of pre-Columbian artifacts in Germany this week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/mexican-government-attempts-to-halt-german-auction-of-pre-columbian-artifacts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mexican Government Attempts to Halt German Auction of Pre-Columbian Artifacts - 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