tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post7809916986287121472..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Collectables from America for ChinaPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-6055783109786979982012-05-29T08:24:48.910-07:002012-05-29T08:24:48.910-07:00Is this a new form of commenting on your blog? Yo...Is this a new form of commenting on your blog? You just respond without actually posting the comments themselves?Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-48115076262946178632012-05-29T08:02:23.959-07:002012-05-29T08:02:23.959-07:00You are, are you not, a PAID lobbyist, your bloggi...You are, are you not, a PAID lobbyist, your blogging clearly is part of your lobbying, ergo...<br /><br /><i>"have more to do than monitor comments to my blog every moment"</i> indeed so do I yet you saw fit to criticise my "lack of courtesy" that on my blog two weeks ago I did not immediately post your recent comment; just returning the "favour". <br /><br />So I see you never got an answer from your paymasters about the export licence question. <br /><br /><i>" We are talking about the actual impact of import restrictions on Americans and that alone"</i><br />I beg to differ, you are quite clearly talking about stuff LEAVING the US (for China) not coming in. <br /><br /><i>"furthermore if you look at the prices they say they have paid for some individual objects, they are significant"</i> <br />Where's that then? I missed that. Was it in the "rhino horn" section?<br /><br />Surely export controls on cultural property leaving the US is not "punishing foreigners" as much as protecting the interests of American collectors and museums. In the same way as countries like teh UK have such export controls to keep what is considered important cultural property IN the country (or at least give institutions n the UK to have a second chance at acquiring something which will otherwise be exported). <br />that has nothing to do with any <i>"stupidity of our State Department"</i> or our Foreign Office, it is a matter of safeguarding the cultural life of our nation. <br /><br />Otherwise why would anyone in the US care that a load of snuff bottles, lacquer boxes, scrolls and Ming vases heads out of the US market to the Chinese one? <br /><br />I note Hua Zhang is not a bit interested in buying old coins.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-32801638423756237842012-05-29T07:16:30.979-07:002012-05-29T07:16:30.979-07:00Come now. Waiting for paymasters to rouse themsel...Come now. Waiting for paymasters to rouse themselves? I wish I was being paid to write my blog! Actually, if anyone is more likely to be paid for blogging, I would assume it would be you given the time you devote to this effort. As for me, I actually have more to do than monitor comments to my blog every moment.<br /><br />Your race baiting is wrong headed too. We are talking about the actual impact of import restrictions on Americans and that alone. <br /><br />Finally, as for Oriental Heritage, perhaps you should contact them directly before you claim they are a fraud. The fact that the company has one employee and operates out of a warehouse may suggest nothing more than a very lean operation which presumably relies on contractors for help rather than paid employees. I quoted what they state; furthermore if you look at the prices they say they have paid for some individual objects, they are significant. <br /><br />In any event, there are other better known companies like China Guardian doing the same thing. And no, I don’t think foreigners should be punished by export controls because of the stupidity of our State Department in granting import restrictions on Chinese cultural goods.Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.com