Auction house Sotheby’s takes on Greece in landmark antiquities court case

A small bronze figure of a horse from ancient Greece is at the centre of a New York court case after Greece’s ministry of culture demanded its return and stopped its sale at auction.

The horse, from the 8th century BC, was due to be offered at a Sotheby’s on May 14 with an estimate …

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