[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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