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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) checks the olive trees here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here inside Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) leafs through the pages of an antique book at Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) walks inside Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: A fresco inside Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace bought by  antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) leafs through the pages of an antique book at Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: View of the courtyard of Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace bought by antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76), in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) opens the gate of Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: A Syrian mosaic is here at the entrance of the house belonging to antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76), at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) walks by the pool here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) walks by the pool here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) shows an antique brass grating of a coistored convent, here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here in the oil mill of Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) shows the machinery in the oil mill where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde", at the Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: The interior of the oil mill where antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) produces the "Olio Verde", at the Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Olive trees at the Tenuta Pignatelli, the estate where antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
<br />
Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
    CIPG_20150529_INYT_SICILY-Becchina__...jpg
  • AIDONE, ITALY - 12 March 2014: Kyathos, a Morgantina silver, exhibited at the Archeological Museum in Aidone, Italy, on March 12th 2014.<br />
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It is believed that in around 1979-1980, the Morgantina silver, sometimes referred to as the Morgantina Treasure, was removed from the site  by looters possibly using metal detectors. The silver, consisting of 16 pieces including two small silver horns and an emblem depicting the sea monster Scylla in sculptural relief, was then probably smuggled into Switzerland in around 1981. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the silver in two lots over 1981 and 1982 from the antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, for a total sum of $2.7 million
    CIPG_20140312_NYT_Repatriated__M3_38...jpg
  • AIDONE, ITALY - 12 March 2014: The Morgantina silver, exhibited at the Archeological Museum in Aidone, Italy, on March 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
It is believed that in around 1979-1980, the Morgantina silver, sometimes referred to as the Morgantina Treasure, was removed from the site  by looters possibly using metal detectors. The silver, consisting of 16 pieces including two small silver horns and an emblem depicting the sea monster Scylla in sculptural relief, was then probably smuggled into Switzerland in around 1981. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the silver in two lots over 1981 and 1982 from the antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, for a total sum of $2.7 million
    CIPG_20140312_NYT_Repatriated__M3_38...jpg
  • AIDONE, ITALY - 12 March 2014: The Morgantina silver, exhibited at the Archeological Museum in Aidone, Italy, on March 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
It is believed that in around 1979-1980, the Morgantina silver, sometimes referred to as the Morgantina Treasure, was removed from the site  by looters possibly using metal detectors. The silver, consisting of 16 pieces including two small silver horns and an emblem depicting the sea monster Scylla in sculptural relief, was then probably smuggled into Switzerland in around 1981. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the silver in two lots over 1981 and 1982 from the antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, for a total sum of $2.7 million
    CIPG_20140312_NYT_Repatriated__M3_37...jpg
  • AIDONE, ITALY - 12 March 2014: An oenochoe, part of the Morgantina silver, exhibited at the Archeological Museum in Aidone, Italy, on March 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
It is believed that in around 1979-1980, the Morgantina silver, sometimes referred to as the Morgantina Treasure, was removed from the site  by looters possibly using metal detectors. The silver, consisting of 16 pieces including two small silver horns and an emblem depicting the sea monster Scylla in sculptural relief, was then probably smuggled into Switzerland in around 1981. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the silver in two lots over 1981 and 1982 from the antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, for a total sum of $2.7 million
    CIPG_20140312_NYT_Repatriated__M3_38...jpg
  • AIDONE, ITALY - 12 March 2014: An oenochoe, part of the Morgantina silver, exhibited at the Archeological Museum in Aidone, Italy, on March 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
It is believed that in around 1979-1980, the Morgantina silver, sometimes referred to as the Morgantina Treasure, was removed from the site  by looters possibly using metal detectors. The silver, consisting of 16 pieces including two small silver horns and an emblem depicting the sea monster Scylla in sculptural relief, was then probably smuggled into Switzerland in around 1981. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the silver in two lots over 1981 and 1982 from the antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, for a total sum of $2.7 million
    CIPG_20140312_NYT_Repatriated__M3_38...jpg
  • AIDONE, ITALY - 12 March 2014: The Morgantina silver, exhibited at the Archeological Museum in Aidone, Italy, on March 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
It is believed that in around 1979-1980, the Morgantina silver, sometimes referred to as the Morgantina Treasure, was removed from the site  by looters possibly using metal detectors. The silver, consisting of 16 pieces including two small silver horns and an emblem depicting the sea monster Scylla in sculptural relief, was then probably smuggled into Switzerland in around 1981. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the silver in two lots over 1981 and 1982 from the antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, for a total sum of $2.7 million
    CIPG_20140312_NYT_Repatriated__M3_38...jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, is here at the Global Shoe Repair of Geraldo de Silva, where he drops off his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2969.jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, is here at the Global Shoe Repair of Geraldo de Silva, where he drops off his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2963.jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Shoe polishes and shoe shine tools are here at the Global Shoe Repar of Geraldo de Silva. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, is often here to drop off  his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2896.jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, sits on a shoe shine chair at the Global Shoe Repair of Geraldo de Silva, where he drops off his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, sits on a shoe shine chair at the Global Shoe Repair of Geraldo de Silva, where he drops off his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
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  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, is here in his apartment before going to work as a show shiner at car dealers and offices around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
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    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2626.jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, is here in his apartment before going to work as a show shiner at car dealers and offices around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
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©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2614.jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Shoe polishes and shoe shine tools are here at the Global Shoe Repar of Geraldo de Silva. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, is often here to drop off  his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2890.jpg
  • 3 February, 2009. Astoria, Queens, NY. Marco Silva de Paula, 39, sits on a shoe shine chair at the Global Shoe Repair of Geraldo de Silva, where he drops off his clients' shoes he collects for repair. He also shines shoes in office buildings and at car dealers around Astoria. Mr. de Paula, an immigrant that came to Astoria from Brazil in 1998,  had several jobs for the past 11 years and as a shoe shine for the past 2 years. Mr. de Paula plans to go back to Brazil in November because of the bad economy. "I've been here for 11 years and I'm a bit afraid of going back, but things here are not as good as they used to be", Mr. de Paula says.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20090203_NYT_BRAZIL_MG_2814.jpg