tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post6099604297587973118..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Is ACCG Director on a watch list?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-47516142620278260382010-03-21T01:44:40.660-07:002010-03-21T01:44:40.660-07:00On Moneta-L Michael Moriarty links to Sayles' ...On Moneta-L Michael Moriarty links to Sayles' blog with the comment "something worth readoing" and various other "<i>the gubn'mint is out to git us</i>" type comments:<br />http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/95680Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-12343199551629471402010-03-20T21:49:41.198-07:002010-03-20T21:49:41.198-07:00Well, indeed that is what the whole Baltimore ille...Well, indeed that is what the whole Baltimore illegal Coin Import stunt is all about. <br /><br />Anyway Sayles' organization chose the path of breaking the law to make a point, and like everybody else they should be prepared to face the consequences of doing so.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-79498339030425059682010-03-20T21:24:07.946-07:002010-03-20T21:24:07.946-07:00Interesting that he says....
"Actually, the ...Interesting that he says....<br /><br />"Actually, the business that my partner John and I operate does very little importing. The vast majority of our stock and sales are of coins from collector or other U.S. dealer consignments."<br /><br />I thought it had been claimed it would be "impractical" from a business point of view to be "sure" that all imported stock was licit. Seems that the effect on his business of desisting from importing items he isn't sure about would be negligible.<br /><br />What a tangled web.Marcus Preenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603874627751387853noreply@blogger.com