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皇冠体育app Spoliation Advisory Panel considered a claim on behalf of the Estate of the late Gerta Silberberg, for a rare secular Gothic ivory relief showing a man and woman playing chess, originally from the collection of Max Silberberg, a German Jewish businessman and art collector. 皇冠体育app ivory is now in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford.

Following the coming to power of the Nazis in 1933, Max Silberberg and his family were forced to sell their large villa and subsequently sold the majority of their artwork, including the ivory, at auction in Berlin in 1935 and 1936.

皇冠体育app Panel concluded that whilst the coming to power of the Nazis must have had an adverse effect on the family, there is considerable evidence that Max Silberberg was in personal financial difficulties, necessitating the sale of his art collection.

Having considered all the evidence, the Panel concluded that this was neither a forced sale nor a sale at an under value and that Max Siberberg received the proceeds of the sale. 皇冠体育app Panel鈥檚 final conclusion was therefore that the moral claim for the return of the ivory was insufficiently strong to warrant a recommendation of restitution or the making of an ex gratia payment.

皇冠体育app Spoliation Advisory Panel was designated by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as the Advisory Panel for the purposes of considering the claim. 皇冠体育app Panel was established in 2000.