tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8506221892358620652..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: "Why are ancient coins from Cyprus featured in a suit against the US Department of State?"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-79332966848261985842009-06-28T04:41:17.181-07:002009-06-28T04:41:17.181-07:00Now Missouri coin dealer Wayne Sayles has joined i...Now Missouri coin dealer Wayne Sayles has joined in with the attacks on David Gill, waxing philosophical about "truth".<br /> http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/2009/06/questions-and-truth.html<br /><br />Apparently: <i>"To characterize this suit as commercially motivated is either ignorant of the facts or malevolent.</i> Really? But it quite clearly is. Coin <b>collectors </b>want to legally buy legal coins from dealers - they really are not concerned about the nitty gritty of what papers the dealer has to provide to supply those coins. The requirement is not in any case particularly onerous. In fact we find that this suit is brought by one collectors' organization (currently dominated by dealers) and two dealers' organizations - oe of which is not even based in the US. <br /><br />According to Sayles, Dr Gill should not be bothered about this since <i>"it is a matter between American citizens and the U.S. Government and he is neither. </i> but then neither is the IAPN which is based in Belgium. In truth the antics of US coin dealers which affect the global efforts to reduce looting of archaeological sites and illicit trade of antiquities ARE THE CONCERN OF US ALL.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-2080719989690004092009-06-28T04:18:41.579-07:002009-06-28T04:18:41.579-07:00I see that the Washington lobbyist for coin dealer...I see that the Washington lobbyist for coin dealers at Bailey and Ehrenburg is reiterating his conspiracy theories about "SAFE blogger" David Gill in light of the PR Newswire post.<br /><br />http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2009/06/david-gill-and-unresolved-questions.html<br /><br />Apparently Gill is <i>"defending the U.S. State Department's lack of transparency and bias in favor of archaeologists and foreign cultural affairs bureaucracies".</i> [sic]<br /><br />According to Tompa "<i> the costs associated with Gill's PR Newswire release raise their own unresolved questions about Gill's funding and what interests are actually behind this publicity effort".</i> <br /><br />Well, PR Newswire's London office is on Blackfiars Road, which is not far from Temple church, and we all know (for example from the Da Vinci Code) what role the Templars played in the movement of cultural "treasures" of various kinds across the borders of foreign countries. Its obvious that it is only a matter of time until Mr Tompa uncovers a Templar connection here. Blackfriars Bridge was also where Roberto Calvi's body was found in 1982. Food for thought if one is looking for secret business going on behind the scenes I would have thought.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.com