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gee, who would have thought that a super rare artifact well known for being in a specific museum in a specific country ravaged by war and all of a sudden showin
by luckydata 6y ago
gee, who would have thought that a super rare artifact well known for being in a specific museum in a specific country ravaged by war and all of a sudden showing up at auction would be stolen. They must have done a hell of a job with their due diligence.
- kapilvt 6y agocompared to the 99% of the rest of museums in dc, which are publicly funded, the Bible museum was private and needed to show return on investment which was covid interuppted, especially after it just opened and took over newseum real estate (capital prime).
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoI mean, one of the top auction houses in the world assured them it had a spotless provenance. HL is still culpable here, but Christie's absolutely is guilty too.