A text highlighting a number of important issues that clearly merit
further discussion concerning the exploitation of the British archaeological record by
hobbyists merely as a source of collectables, and the increasing commercial demand
for this type of collectable [P.M. Barford and David W. J. Gill 2021 '
A Harness Fitting from Buckinghamshire on the UK Market' J. Art Crime 17 (2022), 17-**]
Abstract
In February 2021 a Late Iron Age harness brooch was sold at auction in Derbyshire,
England. The brooch had been found by an artefact hunter in Buckinghamshire,
though there appear to be conflicting reports of when this took place. The paper
explores the circumstances of the discovery, and the eve of sale recording of the
brooch by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The process of documenting the find is
examined and concerns are raised about the lack of transparency.
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