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Bold but stupid. They have no way to sell these objects. Unless it was made-to-order, the thieves are out of luck with monetization. While the objects will lik
by jnurmine 8y ago
Bold but stupid. They have no way to sell these objects. Unless it was made-to-order, the thieves are out of luck with monetization.
While the objects will likely be found, the saddest thing is that they will also likely be damaged when handled by a bunch of careless people. The objects are several hundreds of years old and are not made to be handled roughly. For example the Västerås objects were apparently dumped from a car and this left its marks. I'm hoping these will be returned.
I also hope the Svenska kyrkan starts to take better pre-emptive care of storing these culturally important objects.
- oh_sigh 8y agoWhy sell when you could just return them for a 'finders fee'? Send a demand into the authorities(with proof of possession of the artefacts) for $Xm in some crypto currency with good anonymity like monero or zcash. Once you receive the transaction, go leave the artefacts in the woods some where and then give the authorities the GPS coordinates.
- newswriter99 8y ago>go leave the artefacts in the woods some where and then give the authorities the GPS coordinates. Or don't. Who's going to stop you after you get the money? You still have the jewels you can still sell them, or put them in your own private collection. That's why police don't usually comply with criminal demands for ransom; criminals don't obey the law in the first place, why would they be expected to hold up their end of a deal?
- cies 8y agoOr sell bit-by-bit. With 50% before and 50% after the good are "delivered". Thereby building some level of trust and allowing the buyer not to take too much risk at once.
- oh_sigh 8y agoIf there really isn't a market, then keeping them could only bring trouble if you're ever found with them. Maybe you really do care about the cultural value of them, but also want to get rich in the meanwhile.
- 1996 8y agoYou clearly have a new innovative business model for crypto! Which blockchain would you use for the proof of possession?
- oh_sigh 8y agoA simple photo of the items, and maybe a proof of recency(newspaper) should be sufficient.
- saagarjha 8y ago> The objects are several hundreds of years old and are not made to be handled roughly. They're jewels, as in pieces of rock. What's the worst that could happen to them?
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe “crown jewels” stolen are actually jewelry, not simple jewels. They include two crowns and a royal orb; they are intricately worked and include soft metals (and, of course, settings with stones). Rough handling can damage the decorative the working, break the metal parts, knock jewels out if their settings, etc. Damaging the jewels proper is not the main concern.
- LinuxBender 8y agoImagine being that small town jeweler that these are brought in to for repairs.
- jnurmine 8y agoThe stolen objects could be bent, pierced, scratched, etc. or pieces (like the jewels) broken off. It is not a bunch of diamonds or such.
- cies 8y agoEven in bad shape they are still valuable, intrinsicly.
- jnurmine 8y agoOf course, but these are historical artefacts (the crown jewels are kept in Stockholm) and their cultural value is way higher than the monetary value, and part of this value is that they are well preserved and have a traceable history. So if the stolen objects are damaged it is just sad. Like someone snapping a finger off an old statue, or ripping pages off an old and culturally valuable book.