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To: Red Badger

her find would soon be a national treasure?

Why isn’t it HER treasure?


8 posted on 08/22/2025 2:03:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Why isn’t it HER treasure?

Well, according to the year-old El País article this is a lazy rehash of, she died in 1991. It was hers the rest of her life, but she never knew what it was either.

It was one of her descendants that figured out it was amber and offered to sell it to the government. Doesn’t sound like it was compulsory, either. Amber is something of a national pride thing in Romania, so selling to the government may have had a bit of patriotic reasoning to it as well, like if an American wanting to sell an heirloom of historical value made sure it went to the Smithsonian or National Archive instead of disappearing into some anonymous private collector’s horde.
12 posted on 08/22/2025 3:15:47 PM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: BenLurkin

She died..............


15 posted on 08/25/2025 5:47:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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