Exposing More Untruths in Dark Parts of the Antiquities Trade

I would expect an impulse buyer with a name like "Coup de Coeur" would not think too hard about what they buy on eBay, like most of the folk who buy antiquities it seems. This lootbusting one however "So I Bought A Papyrus on eBay ..." Friday, October 11, 2013 did it after some thought. She asked for the export licence for a papyrus, was told the seller had none and posted the appropriate feedback. What a shame that there are not more public-spirited buyers like that, this dirty market would soon clean itself up, the doing-the-decent-thing-guys would immediately stand apart from the no-collecting-history-no-export-documentation-cowboys.

Now how many times has this seller tried this ploy, asked for an export licence (from the source country and from the country where it is being marketed) this guy had the audacity to lie (courtesy coupdecpoeur_london). How many customers would fall for this lie?

Dear friend no need export license this is "for study purpose" only for personel searching no worry it s a small fragment from our universty after the research l a student this is a greek language papyri fragment as you know we have to sell similar things

No, nobody "has" to sell similar things without the proper documentation. Just say "no". Simple. In any case, I do not think anything, except the seller's laziness, stands between him and a TURKISH export licence for an item that was not dug up in Turkey. We remember that this particular seller has flogged off lots of similar papyrus fragments in the past. Odd isn't it that he has 466 points, and just one negative feedback. Does this mean that only ONE of his customers buying dugup antiquities knows, and cares, about the law? What about the rest?