looted

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Brand then searched the archives of a 1940 auction where much of Goudstikker's looted collection was sold and discovered an item under the number 92 titled "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He searched the archives of an auction in 1940 where part of the looted Goudstikker collection went under the hammer and found item number 92: "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The U.N.’s cultural agency, Unesco, has urged other museums along with collectors and auction houses to avoid handling pieces looted from Sudanese museums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But when he went to tidy the land just outside the house, he discovered two graves — one of them small enough for a child — near the shell of a looted car.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

China tried delaying that Treaty’s ratification; Peking was looted and burned.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey