PRESERVE & PROTECT | JUNE 2022

“Especially in conflict regions, cultural sites are repeatedly looted and destroyed on an alarming scale. Not only are invaluable testimonies of the cultural heritage lost for mankind, but the local inhabitants also suffer a considerable loss of their cultural roots. Germany does not want to offer a market for illegally traded cultural goods.” (Excerpt from the Internet portal www.kulturgutschutz-deutschland.de by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).

In June 2022, as part of our “Excavations and Antiquities” auction, we were able to repatriate a pre-Hispanic pottery vessel from the Chancay culture, approx. 13-15 century, to Peru. The Ambassador of Peru in the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Elmer Schialer, expressed his special thanks for this. We will continue to pay particular attention to the preservation and protection of national and international cultural assets.