By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The 19th century was the golden age of acquisition. European and American collectors, smitten with the lure of antiquities from Greece, Italy and China, spent recklessly to assemble great collections in London, Paris and New York.
Her undoing, Mr. Felch and Mr. Frammolino write, "forged a peace between collectors and archeologists, museums and source countries."
One "donor" gave the Getty objects for which he had paid $75,000, but told the Internal Revenue Service they were worth $2.5 million.
