The battle for ownership of the Euphronios vase illustrates perfectly how the New York Times publishing family fools only itself.
The Acquisitions Committee of the trustees approved the purchase twelve days later. At any rate, the bill of sale bears that date. On August 31, Hecht arrived with the vase in a crate and, according to one account, handed it over to Dillon and Hoving at Kennedy International Airport. Suzan Mazur: The Italy-Met Euphronios Accord? The full New York Times interview mentioned in the article can be viewed here. Details in the agreement are set down right to the wording of name tags on the artefacts from now until they leave the Met. At the same time it has the potential to act as a basis for other agreements between other countries & museums around the world. The text of this agreement (previously posted in a comment on another post) is important, as it clarifies many aspect of the case, in terms of that was agreed. Susan Mazur (who also wrote the previous article interviewing a Met curator about the incident) looks at the way the case has been portrayed in some sections of the New York Times (admittedly a weekend colour supplement), followed by the complete text of the agreement between the Met & the Italian government. The Euphronios Krater arrived in the Met’s collection via a dealer who is now facing charges of illegal trafficking in Italy.
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