[Northkeep] FW: FYI--Period artifacts for sale
Dawson, Lynne
dawsonl at unionps.org
Wed Jul 30 07:56:00 PDT 2003
Thanks for the warning. It never occurred to me to check the dealer out.
Marta
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Carlson [mailto:marccarlson20 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:52 AM
To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] FW: FYI--Period artifacts for sale
>From: "Niewoehner, Hugh" <hughn at SSD.FSI.com>
>>...Roman coins, Phoenician beads, Mesopotamian clay tablet, etc...
Just a word of caution. Be careful when dealing with antiquities
dealiers
and find out swhat sort of reputation the individual has. There is a
VERY
bad problem today in looting of archaeological sites (and more recently,
museums) and these items are frequently picked up in good faith by
people
who don't know any better. I don't know if these people are legit or
not,
but I didnt' see anything on the site saying where the stuff came from
or
how they acquired it.
I know that getting to own the real thing is really cool, but the line
between buying something legit and actively supporting the looting of
archaeological remains (an act I personally feel should be given the
death
penalty, the looting that is, not the supporting) is so blurry as to be
mpossible to distinguish.
Sorry for the lecture - just one of those things.
Marc/Diarmaid
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