tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post7879424536596338081..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Selling Stockpiles Increases DemandPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-48366328915325027722010-03-13T12:04:52.896-08:002010-03-13T12:04:52.896-08:00Good argument against the "why not sell the s...Good argument against the "why not sell the stuff in museums"-- thinks through the consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-24392043181514074012010-03-13T02:29:15.497-08:002010-03-13T02:29:15.497-08:00I think you do them a disservice. Even someone wit...I think you do them a disservice. Even someone with minimal logical capacity would understand that "unknown provenance" and "looted" are very unlikely to be entirely separate sets.<br /><br />I think we have to look at undeveloped consciences not suppressed logic. After all, that's what prevails at the supply end of the chain, why not at the demand end?Marcus Preenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603874627751387853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-66551749799720827732010-03-13T01:46:32.865-08:002010-03-13T01:46:32.865-08:00well, I have this theory that maybe collecting art...well, I have this theory that maybe collecting artefacts produces some kind of antibodies which attack and suppress normal logical thought processes in the victim.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-16591806267769901932010-03-12T23:47:38.565-08:002010-03-12T23:47:38.565-08:00"Allowing further sales in Zambia and Tanzani..."Allowing further sales in Zambia and Tanzania — already considered the center of the illegal elephant trade — would likely end up increasing poaching"<br /><br />............<br /><br />Now why on earth would that be, if the sales are of legally sourced, stockpiled ivory?<br /><br />Oh yes, I remember. Ivory dealers would offer ludicrous reasons why documentation should not be insisted upon by retentionist, socialist, fascist, nationalist, dogmatic, mean-spirited elephant conservation bodies and would broadcast to anyone that would listen that their stuff was pukka and from trustworthy (but unnamed) sources and from old (but unidentified) collections!<br /><br />Why oh why don't more American collectors actually read the non-assurances on some dealers' websites and realise that despite the reassuring words used they are actually being offered ZERO assurance that they aren't buying looted goods? Or that one spokesman for dealers has said offering true assurance that all stock is un-looted is IMPRACTICAL and would be damaging to his trade!<br /><br />In many areas of commerce such announcements would cause reasonable purchasers to steer clear, yet not in the case of archaeological artefacts. Are the customers blind or deliberately blind? Who knows?Marcus Preenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603874627751387853noreply@blogger.com