tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post2655161423026112127..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The American Numismatic Society Code of EthicsPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-85973226868098210462010-03-19T10:12:32.331-07:002010-03-19T10:12:32.331-07:00yes John you are right (I cannot think why that di...yes John you are right (I cannot think why that did not pop up when was looking). I was more interested in a Code which obliges members to a particular manner of doing things. I wonder what happens then if somebody has built up a spiffing collection of Greek coins all bought from Messers Grabbet and Runn or Blackhawks Ltd the two dodgiest dealers in town. Do the ANS really (really) turn down an offer from his heirs to donate it? How do they know who bought what from whom? But thanks anyway. Are you a member John of the ANS?Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-11247209154900049742010-03-19T06:10:03.225-07:002010-03-19T06:10:03.225-07:00Paul,
An ANS-supplied Google search for "eth...Paul,<br /><br />An ANS-supplied Google search for "ethics" on their website reveals<br /><br />http://www.numismatics.org/About/AcquisitionDeacquisition<br /><br />including<br /><br />"The ANS supports the spirit and intent of the UNESCO convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illegal Import, Export, and Transfer of Cultural Property of November 14, 1970. The Society will not purchase or exhibit numismatic objects or other items that the Society reasonably suspects to have been unlawfully removed from archeological sites, stolen from public or private collections, removed from their country of origin in contravention of that country's laws declaring them state property or otherwise imported in contravention of the laws of the United States."John Muccigrossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544834631983054987noreply@blogger.com