tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post1068656186347821033..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: What if....?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-38756303034906004632013-05-25T08:34:27.661-07:002013-05-25T08:34:27.661-07:00Let me repeat that question, for the benefit of th...Let me repeat that question, for the benefit of the slow-on-the-uptake coineys: <br /><br />"<b>What in today's no-questions-asked US market differentiates the dodgy fresh imports missed by ICE from any of the other coins every PNG, IAPN, ACCG dealer has on sale?</b>"<br /><br />can Mr Tompa answer that, or will he try to deflect the question again? <br /><br />Can Mr Tompa or any other ACCG dealer answer that for us? Or will they try to deflect the question? <br /><br />It seems quite a fundamental question if we are to consider that there exists in this area of commerce such a thing as 'responsible collectors". <br /><br /><br /><br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-77575538938015223212013-05-24T22:40:51.113-07:002013-05-24T22:40:51.113-07:00What differentiates them is of course that the coi...What differentiates them is of course that the coins collected by Bulgarian collectors are in Bulgaria, while any coins that are smuggled to the US market have been removed from Bulgaria illegally. Once again we find you trying to confuse the argument with a comparison of chalk with cheese.<br /><br />We went through this just the day before yesterday (in the comments to the Spengler post), admittedly my answer was succinct,and used analogy, and furthermore did not spell it out in words of one syllable. Perhaps that was my mistake. I'll repeat it though, you might think about it a bit before replying:<br /><br />"<i>do you not see a difference between buying something IN a country and taking it OUT? I have several cats quite legally acquired in the Republic of Poland, but if I wanted to take them to the UK there are procedures to go through. Same with my car. Two different things.</i>".<br /><br />Got it? <br /><br />If not,I suggest re-reading the 1970 UNESCO Convention again. It might help if you do not understand it to substitute the word "cats" for cultural property and the word "unlicensed kitten farms" for "pillage" and this should allow you to work out that it is a Convention which regulates movement of objects between countries and not about unlicensed kitten farms. <br /> <br /><br /> <br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-3845176405902083892013-05-23T20:32:59.239-07:002013-05-23T20:32:59.239-07:00The real question for ICE and you for that matter ...The real question for ICE and you for that matter is other than the alleged false declarations that prompted the seizure, what differentiates these coins from the hundreds of thousands if not millions openly available for sale in Bulgaria itself?<br /><br />I'd also note when I last checked the Bulgarian Supreme Court had struck down significant parts of legislation passed by a Government dominated by former Communists and championed by the archaeological community that aimed to crack down on ancient coin collecting in that country. Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.com