A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Saturday, 4 October 2014
Dinosaur Sue case: Search agreement did not give title to sell
The historic 'Dinosaur Sue' case reminds us that the classic seek-and-take agreement beloved of artefact hunters does not impart title to sell. The bones were judged in a subsequent court case to be the property of the occupier of the land. Yet still artefact hunters are stubbornly resistant to take on board what the law says about this.
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