Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah. I don't know either. Never collected art nor bought a chain saw in a pawn shop either... On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > Don't know. If I buy a chain saw in a pawn shop and it turns out to be > stolen...? I'm sure there is a protocol for that somewhere. > > On 6/3/2015 8:06 PM, Robert Adler wrote: > >> Hmmm. I would think that the rightful owner is the one it is stolen from, >> no matter where it ends up. Ignorance is no excuse: why would art be >> different from say a car? Someone steals my car, someone buys it from the >> thief unknowing it's stolen, so do I, the victim loose my car? >> Or am I missing something... >> >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >> >> >>> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/famed-photographer-asst-stole-650g-worth-prints-da-article-1.2244006 >>> >>> I wonder what happens when a collector buys a stolen print like this? >>> I'm >>> guessing the collector can keep it so long as he/she was not complicit. >>> Far from the same facts, but we have an interesting case going on in >>> Oklahoma now, where OU has a Pissaro painting stolen from the owner >>> during >>> WWII. >>> >>> >>> http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-museum-holds-pieces-of-art-with-wwii-nazi-connections/article_f4911dfe-654e-11e4-80ac-0017a43b2370.html >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com