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If it's known a black market exists, but the participants are not known, then things are ripe for conspiracy theories.

• coldtea 8y ago
  Not 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 ago
    Are 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 ago
      I'm saying that cooperation between buyers and sellers is something that goes on since time immemorial not some big conspiracy with unknown motivations...