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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by black_puppydog on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:39PM (#22730844)
happens all the time that you ask for a replica and the dealer secretly plants a multi million dollar artwork in your bedroom. Seems legit. :D
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by frandroid on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:01PM (#22731110)
And you've just decided that the "replica" was so good that you paid stolen-art-on-the-black-market money for it, not "good replica painter" money for it...
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by asdff on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:16AM (#22734884)
The thing is your books say "good replica money" and only your crypto wallet or offshore account or shell company slush fund or pile of gold have the 'stolen-art-on-the-black-market' money removed from the balance sheet. Smart accountants are payed a lot of money to figure out exactly how to hide this from overworked and underpaid auditors.
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by SlowRobotAhead on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:07PM (#22731179)
To be fair... if you did steal a one of a kind and needed a buyer, you could sell it as the worlds best replica.
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