tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post7865971416538787467..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Collector Buys Exported Hoard but Gives it BackPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-18051827274613703182011-07-23T05:38:04.752-07:002011-07-23T05:38:04.752-07:00No, Kyri, even a moderately honourable collector (...No, Kyri, even a moderately honourable collector (a) does not buy what seem from all accounts to be illegally exported finds fresh from the ground, no matter what he is intending to do with them ten years later, and (b) reports the offer to the responsible authorities while there is still a chance that the people who took them out of the country can be identified and caught which could lead them to the person who dug them up and failed to report the find as Greek law (as I am sure you know) requires. Now over eleven years later it would seem his buying them and sitting on them has once again let the culture-criminals get away with it.<br /><br />I am sorry I do not believe that people that actually buy things where there is (and closing their eyes to) a strong presumption that the money ends up in the pockets of criminals and at least unethical middlemen is a "decent person with a conscience". Are they?Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-19719944085057232852011-07-23T05:24:18.625-07:002011-07-23T05:24:18.625-07:00even in this post you cant find it in you to congr...even in this post you cant find it in you to congratulate and praise this very honourable collector for what he has done.not all collectors are devils,most of them are decent people with a conscience.kudos to mr.kegan.<br />kyri.kyrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725342826698223232noreply@blogger.com