@inbook{07735c0dbca649258e5d49da9c97cda1,
title = "More Than Just Money: Human-Object Relationships in Low-End Collecting",
abstract = "Art crime often is viewed in terms of being profit driven. Although it is the case in many contexts, it is hard to fully justify this viewpoint in the low-end antiquities trade. The focus on high financial value portrays an art crime as a clear-cut issue, however alternative engagement spaces such as online forums provide the hint that art crime is more than just about money. This chapter presents data that was gathered during a cross-sectional analysis of Russian treasure hunting forums and discusses the main trends observed from the data and offers a glimpse into the low-value antiquities trade that takes place in these spaces. It is argued that in the low-value antiquities trade, potentially even in the wider market, financial value is intertwined with other values, it is possible to witness emergence of human-object relationships, and make a case that an object should not be only viewed as a passive thing with a price tag.",
keywords = "Treasure hunting, Metal detecting, Low-end collecting, Human-object relationships, Art crime",
author = "Diāna Bērziņa",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-84856-9_14",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-84855-2",
series = "Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market",
publisher = "Springer Nature Switzerland AG",
pages = "225--239",
editor = "Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates",
booktitle = "Crime and Art",
address = "Switzerland",
}