Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Museum buyer

Mr. Starkie

fl. 1930–1935 · United Kingdom

British museum buyer, active 1930–1935. Bought from Rupert Forbes Gunnis.

Life and work

  1. 1933
    Per Hilton, Gunnis 'is known to have sold a considerable quantity of Cyprus antiquities to the Director of the Welcome [sic] Museum in London, Mr. Starkie'.

    LondonStanley-Price 2025

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Sources

  1. 1.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2025). “Illicit excavation and the sale of 'duplicate' antiquities: Rupert Gunnis and the Cyprus Museum, 1926-1932”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 55, 269-301. Online
  2. 2.D. Symons (1987). “Rupert Gunnis (1899-1965)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 7, 3-9. Online