Report Of The Committee On The Export Of Works Of Art

Author : Great Britain. Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
Publisher : Stationery Office/Tso
ISBN 13 : 9780101501927
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Export of Works of Art Reports of the Reviewing Committee 1999-2000, 46th Report written by Great Britain. Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2000 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art. The purpose of the Committee is to help retain in the United Kingdom objects of outstanding significance. The report expresses concern about the low level of purchase of Waverly Standard items. The Waverly system allows deferral of the decision about whether to grant export licences providing a last chance for public institutions or private individuals to raise the money to retain objects of outstanding historical, aesthetic or scholarly importance in the United Kingdom. Eleven items were retained this year under the Waverly system and three items were exported at the end of the deferral period. The retained items represented only 5 per cent of the total value of objects under deferral. The exported items were each valued at over £1 million and no UK national or local museums had felt able to purchase these. Figures are given for the number of cases considered and the report details 18 individual export cases.