https://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100000148/100545094/presse_informationsamt_des_fuerstentums_liechtenstein?search=kulturg%FCter

Via demuseum (Hemmerle)

https://www.blb-karlsruhe.de/blb/blbhtml/aktuelles/auswaertige-veranstaltungen-2007.html#reuchlin
https://www.blb-karlsruhe.de/blb/blbhtml/besondere-bestaende/verkauf.php
https://www.pforzheim.de/portal/page?_pageid=123,2004989&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

9 Reuchlin-Handschriften der Badischen Landesbibliothek sind zu Gast in Pforzheim zu einer Ausstellung über Reuchlins Bibliothek.

Leider, denken einige in der Wikipedia, kann man nicht mehr einfach Leute hinrichten, wenn deren Gesinnung Anlass zu Beanstandungen gibt.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administratoren/Probleme/Tobnu

Wissenschaftler sind der Überzeugung, dass der Verlust von Kulturgut bedauerlich ist.

Die Verantwortlichen der Bishop Phillpott Library im englischen Truro entschieden 2006, den kostbaren Altbestand ihrer Bibliothek aufgrund mangelnder Nutzung für nur 36.000 britische Pfund abzugeben. Der Antiquar konnte mit Auktionen und Verkäufen über 500.000 Pfund erzielen. Die Empörung ist gross, dass sich die Kirchenbibliothek so übers Ohr hauen liess.

https://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2419379.ece

Der Artikel thematisiert allerdings nur den finanziellen Verlust, ebenso wie die detaillierte Recherche zur Geschichte der glanzvollen Buchsammlung und ihres peinlichen Endes unter
https://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/bookdealer.pdf

Aus ihr wird klar, dass eine angemessene und vollständige Katalogisierung der Bestände nicht existiert.

Der Artikel im "Bookdealer" ist mit Beispielen besonders herausragender Stücke illustriert, darunter Fragmente einer in Deutschland geschriebenen Handschrift von Hildebert von Le Mans' Sermones de Sanctis (ca. 1180), verkauft bei Sotheby's für 7200 Pfund.

S. 27 Anm. 4 wird völlig unkritisch das "richtige" Verscherbeln einer Frauenklosterbibliothek in Staffordshire angesprochen: "Everyone happy!" Keinesfalls! Denn bei historischen Bibliotheken geht es nicht darum, dass Händler und Eigentümer gut miteinander auskommen, sondern um historische Quellen, an deren Erhalt (oder wenigstens gründlicher Dokumentation) ein öffentliches Interesse besteht.

In den Leserbriefen distanziert sich der Präsident des Verbands der Antiquare von dem Vorgehen seines Nicht-Mitglieds.

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/debate/letters/article2426157.ece

Erfreulicherweise macht THE REV CANON B. J. FINDLAY, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk auf die Problematik solchen kirchlichen Buchbesitzes aufmerksam, weshalb sein Statement ganz zitiert sei:

"Sir, Fifty years ago, the Council for the Care of Churches was commissioned to inquire into the state of parochial libraries. Many were collections of antiquarian theological works, often in poor condition; more had been dispersed than had survived. A report was published in 1959, containing a gazetteer and brief description of the survivors; since then, more detailed catalogues have appeared. As a result of the inquiry, very few such libraries have since been disposed of. A parish wishing to be rid of its “old books that nobody reads” is generally required to deposit them in an institutional library for conservation as a separate collection.

Cathedrals and other Church institutions such as theological colleges, convents and teachers colleges, often possess books of far greater interest or value. Cathedral libraries are generally treasured, well maintained, and expertly catalogued; they are supervised and administered by people who know about books. But the disastrous dispersal of the Bishop Phillpotts Library (report, Sept 10) suggests that a survey of the contents and conditions of Church institutional libraries, and the policies of those responsible for them, is long overdue. Trustees may have the right to sell their property, but an enforceable code of practice is needed, and custodians of libraries required to seek expert and disinterested advice.

We rightly make it difficult for churches to sell off antique plate, furniture and works of art. If the Church of England takes its patrimony seriously, it should extend similar protection to books and manuscripts."

Ein trauriges Detail kam in EXLIBRIS zutage (Scott Brown, Editor am 12.9.):

"An interesting point not mentioned in the Times article is that the
Macklin Bible - the massive extra-illustrated Bible that was the first
item sold - went to a dealer who showed up at the auction house, razor blade in hand, and cut out the 300 best drawings and prints, leaving the rest. The auction house, Dominic Winter, subsequently placed the remainder with an American university library. Anyone know where it ended up?"

Eric Steinhauer schrieb in INETBIB:

im Zusammenhang mit den Eichstätter Vorfällen war in dieser Liste oft und viel über Klosterbibliotheken zu lesen. Daher scheint mir der Hinweis auf eine soeben erschienene Münchener Dissertation passend, die sich mit den nach der Säkularisation eingerichteten Zentralklöstern der Bettelorden beschäftigt, denn auf S. 209-213 finden sich einige Ausführungen zum klösterlichen Buchbesitz.

Mary Anne Eder: Klosterleben trotz Säkularisation : die Zentralklöster der Bettelorden in Altbayern 1802-1817. - Münster : Monsenstein und Vannerdat, 2007. - 338 S. (Forschungen zur Volkskunde ; 56)
ISBN 978-3-86582-498-1

Die Dissertation wurde hybrid publiziert. Der Volltext ist hier einsehbar:
https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?id=8034

https://www1.mdr.de/mdr-aktuell/4703608.html
https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Marktberichte/de/13012047/(Feature)-Kunstkrimi-um-Cranach-Altar-Gestohlenes-Bild

1980 aus der Kirche in Klieken bei Wittenberg gestohlene Bilder wurden bei einem Bamberger Kunsthändler entdeckt. Sie waren zeitweilig in einem Schrank eingebaut, der als Hausbar diente.

https://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=13433

Antiques and coveted paintings are not normal goods. They are, in the language of economics, positional goods. Fred Hirsch, in his 1976 book The Social Limits to Growth, divided the economy into two parts, namely, material and positional. The material part produces goods like food items, clothes, cars, television sets, washing machines, shoes, umbrellas and so on, whose production and supply are regulated by market forces, keeping in view the changing volume of demand. As neo-classical economists say, the law of diminishing marginal utility applies in their context. In other words, as a consumer starts acquiring the units of such goods, the amount of utility derived from each successive unit falls and he stops his acquisition at the point where the amount of utility forgone indicated by the price paid is equal to the amount of utility derived.

This law does not apply to the items termed as positional goods because their supply is, in the language of economists, very, very inelastic. It can never be increased enough to match the volume of demand. Their supply can never be enough to satisfy the demand of everyone wanting them. To give certain examples, lively beaches, hill resorts pf scenic beauty, the painting like Mona Lisa, Mahatma Gandhi’s letters, folio volumes of Shakespeare’s works, coins of the Mauryan times, swords of the conquerors of the days of yore, and so on cannot be increased at all.

Rembrandts sind - anders als Konsumgüter, die nachproduziert werden können - nicht vermehrbar.

https://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=13&ItemID=13482

It is quite often heard that old records and manuscripts have been taken away from the archives and museums usually with the connivance of corrupts officials and employees. If the government undertakes a thorough stock taking of the antiques, especially the huge amount of manuscripts, brought from Tibet and by the renowned scholar Rahul Sankrityayan and deposited with the Patna Museum, one is sure to realize that a substantial portion is not there but has reached the West. Not only this, but also the records and manuscripts in private possession have been taken out of the country because there is no law to stop this. To give a concrete instance, the private papers of Swami Sahjanand Sarswati, one of the builders of peasant movement in India during the first half of the 20th century were taken away by an American scholar, Walter Hauser, of Philadelphia. Some years ago, with a great deal of difficulty, the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library could secure microfilm of these papers to facilitate the work of researchers. Very recently when Mahatma Gandhi’s manuscripts came to be auctioned by Sotheby in London, there was a public hue and cry. The Government of India stepped in and could bring them back, as grapevine has, after paying a substantial amount of money.

It is rumoured that Western, especially American scholars, have been taking away original records from the National as well as State Archives after propitiating the staff. Under the rules, no scholar is allowed normally to enter the rooms where records are stacked. These rules are observed more in the breach.

Die vorbereitende Web-Begleitung des 36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde im September 2007 in Mainz durch das Podcast-Blog blog.bilder-buecher-bytes.de ist durchaus hörenswert.

Heute z. B. ein Interview mit dem Volkskundler Markus Tauschek im Podcast:

Kulturelles Erbe wird gleichermaßen bewahrt, produziert und erfunden.

Link: https://blog.bilder-buecher-bytes.de/archives/18