tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3487618371776874230..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Cypriot Coin Dealer Accuses his Country of Not Obeying Uncle SamPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-40975654794991906922012-07-15T08:45:13.248-07:002012-07-15T08:45:13.248-07:00If Mr. Tziambazis does not like people commenting ...If Mr. Tziam<i>b</i>azi<i>s</i> does not like people commenting on the rude things he said about Maria Kouroupas etc, then he really ought not to post them on the internet. <br /><br />Your correspondent equally should expect discussion and criticism of what he allows you to post up, it's a pity he apparently has not the guts to put his name under what he wrote. <br /><br /><i>" the US is not demanding import restrictions on US artifacts based partly on the theory that US museums are the best stewards of artifacts</i> <br />But is it not the case that by making demands on Cyprus TELLING THEM how to do things, they are at least working under the impression that the US has all the answers, and thus assigns itself the "right" to behave so autocratically? What is it with you guys? <br /><br />If 40 % of those collections in the US self-admittedly have serious backlogs in cataloguing, how can you say they "know how many objects they have"? That's nearly HALF. <br /><br />[As for my commentator, I know who Kyri is and quite a bit about him; I'll not use his surname until he does, but certainly he is well enough known in collecting circles for us all to be sure he's not a sockpuppet].Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-8373870137747646812012-07-15T07:36:48.109-07:002012-07-15T07:36:48.109-07:00The person who wrote the post was not this individ...The person who wrote the post was not this individual (by the name given at least) but someone else. Your attack on Mr. Tziamaziz undercores why I chose not to disclose his name. He made perfectly appropriate observations. <br /><br />Speaking of anonymous individuals, Kyri might want to disclose his full name as well.<br /><br />As for the discussion of the number of objects in US museum collections: (1) the US is not demanding import restrictions on US artifacts based partly on the theory that US museums are the best stewards of artifacts; (2) this is an argument for deacession of artifacts in both the US and Cyprus.<br /><br />Finally, at least the US museums know how many artifacts they have in inventory. Can Cypriot and Greek museums say the same?Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-27723310972180498042012-07-15T07:27:05.263-07:002012-07-15T07:27:05.263-07:00Well, I am afraid as we so often observe with the ...Well, I am afraid as we so often observe with the Americans it's often a case of "do as we say, not as we do".Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-12935296971570498342012-07-15T06:03:05.385-07:002012-07-15T06:03:05.385-07:00hi paul,can you imagine if the results of the heri...hi paul,can you imagine if the results of the heritage health index,2007,conducted on us museums was on cypriot or greek museums,<br /><br />190 million objects,in us museums/ archives ect in danger.<br /><br />%65 of us institutions have experienced damage to collections<br />due to improper storage<br /><br />%40 of institutions have no funds alocated in their annual budgets for preservation or conservation.<br /><br />they would be up in arms calling source countrys incompetent and not proper custodians of their own cultural heritage.<br />this HHI report was done in times of plenty,things are probably worse now.<br />as for this "anonymous cypriot coin dealer" having lived in cyprus myself,bad lighting?? ,in a country with the longest days and famous for its contiueous sunshine[42 deg today] his whole email is a bit of a joke.<br />kyri.kyrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725342826698223232noreply@blogger.com