tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post4932584926193087303..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: "Messy, murky issues clouding the market"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-90603281396577408872010-05-27T00:31:45.418-07:002010-05-27T00:31:45.418-07:00Well, of course those buying "three pounds of...Well, of course those buying "three pounds of broken Roman bits [looted from near Vidin]" or collectors of "Roman grot" coins are not the richest of people I guess, but the position is still an elitist one, getting hands on things taken from others and preventing them from proper access to the heritage of their own lands.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-28080714543563802562010-05-26T23:57:43.721-07:002010-05-26T23:57:43.721-07:00I've seen this odd argument before: that museu...I've seen this odd argument before: that museums, and public ownership, are "elitist", whereas private ownership of antiquities by wealthy collectors is "popular". Again a failure of imagination faced with the notion of the public-- a willed failure, a political oneUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182958851732905011noreply@blogger.com