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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by giantg2 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:39PM (#33446236)
Haven't there been major scandals in the appraisal and verification, as well as art still being stolen and successfully sold in black markets?

I'm hoping a law helps, but I won't hold my breath.

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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by bluGill on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:58AM (#33449707)
What helps with art is people with art want to show it off. Steal some art and you risk showing it off to someone who knows who it belongs to.
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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by themadturk on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:47PM (#33455542)
Is this really the case? Isn't a great deal of stolen art not shown around so it can't be identified? I wonder if most stolen art is kept in vaults and never shown to anyone.
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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by bluGill on Thursday November 03, 2022 @08:02PM (#33459763)
Some is, but most people who steel art want to look at it.
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