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whatisthat W
whatisthat Oct 3, 2006 17:43:42
Replying to baza

baza wrote:
There's an announcement about the monitoring of eBay here:

http://www.finds.org.uk/news/story.php?newsID=175

class="forum-quote-author">PAS wrote:
In order to prevent illegal sales of treasure, the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS, which is managed by the British Museum on behalf of the MLA) has set up a team to monitor antiquities sold on eBay.co.uk...
That sounds like a good job, surfing Ebay all day. I can do that, where do I apply?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Oct 3, 2006 19:06:58
Replying to whatisthat

That sounds like a good job, surfing Ebay all day. I can do that, where do I apply?

Yes, the Treasure Items would be fun to track down (but mostly they're described as from an "old" collection or not British so I doubt if you'd earn any bonuses for getting people's collars felt. Laundering by description is a piece of cake.)

And it would be a depressing job - as you'd also notice the 600 British non-treasure antiquities, often museum quality and mostly unreported, on offer perfectly legally EVERY day.