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Not much conspiracy there, as it's well known that such a market exists and that it has enough people who don't care about the source of aquiration. Such heists
by PurpleRamen 8y ago
Not much conspiracy there, as it's well known that such a market exists and that it has enough people who don't care about the source of aquiration. Such heists happen every some years.
- windows_tips 8y agoIf it's known a black market exists, but the participants are not known, then things are ripe for conspiracy theories.
- coldtea 8y agoNot if Occam's razor (plus centuries of actual experience with catching fences -"professional" buyers of stolen goods- in such the black markets) simply puts the profit motive as the most possible explanation. It's as if people never heard of art and jewellery heists before...
- windows_tips 8y agoAre you saying the buyers and sellers don't cooperate? Are we expected to believe that high-value buyers wouldn't authenticate the art they buy?
- coldtea 8y agoI'm saying that cooperation between buyers and sellers is something that goes on since time immemorial not some big conspiracy with unknown motivations...