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Michael Steinhardt (Q3308537)

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American financier, newspaper publisher, antiquities collector, philanthropist
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    Michael Steinhardt
    American financier, newspaper publisher, antiquities collector, philanthropist

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      New York Bids Bon Voyage to Marble Statues Looted From Lebanon (English)
      15 December 2017
      1 April 2026
      Josh Russell
      As reported in October by The New York Times, Manhattan prosecutors only got wind of the statue while preparing for a court battle over a marble bull’s head.Colorado collectors Lynda and William Beierwaltes acquired both pieces in 1996 and then sold them to New York collector Michael Steinhardt.Lebanon requested the return of the bull’s head when a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Steinhardt had loaned the piece, raised concerns about its provenance. (English)
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      9 December 2024
      The 13 inches tall antiquity is believed to have been excavated in 1967 and stolen from a warehouse in Lebanon during the civil war in the 1980s.It was bought in 1996 by US collectors, the Beierwaltes, from collector Robin Symes for over US$ 1 million. They then sold it in 2010 to collector Michael Steinhardt through New York dealer Hicham Aboutaam, owner of Phoenix Ancient Art Gallery.Steinhardt loaned the head to the Metropolitan Museum of Art but in 2014, a curator alerted Met authorities that the artifact may have tainted provenance. (English)
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      In September 2021, authorities seized more than a hundred pieces from one of the museum’s billionaire donors, Michael Steinhardt. The action was part of a deferred-prosecution agreement struck between Steinhardt and the district attorney’s office and involved some pieces that had been shown at the Met. The agreement bans Steinhardt from collecting antiquities for life. (English)
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      Looted Antiques Seized From Billionaire’s Home, Prosecutors Say (English)
      6 January 2018
      1 April 2026
      James C. McKinley Jr
      Investigators raided the office and the Manhattan home of the billionaire Michael H. Steinhardt on Friday afternoon, carrying off several ancient works that prosecutors say were looted from Greece and Italy. (English)
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      In December 2021, the Manhattan D.A.’s Office concluded a multi-year, multi-national criminal investigation into MICHAEL STEINHARDT, one of the world’s largest ancient art collectors, seizing 180 stolen antiquities valued at $70 million and imposing a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities. (English)
      1,100,000,000 United States dollar
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      Michael Steinhardt
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      מייקל שטיינהרט
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      Michael מייקל Steinhardt שטיינהרט
      29 October 2019
      7 December 2020
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      Michael Steinhardt: Steinhardt Management Company Inc., Part 2 | BuildingNY:NYStories
      3 January 2017
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      23 March 2021
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      Michael Steinhardt: Steinhardt Management Company Inc., Part 1 | BuildingNY:NYStories
      21 December 2016
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      23 March 2021
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