To: SunkenCiv
They should have placed it anonymously for auction at Sotheby's with no mention of its source or history. Showing it to the authorities was dumb, dumb, dumb.
3 posted on
05/28/2018 11:32:23 AM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
UK law mandates surrendering most historic finds to the state.
4 posted on
05/28/2018 11:35:00 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
The ring is much more valuable once it has been authenticated by the British Museum. If the museum wants to keep it, they will have to pay the finders fair market value. Their appraisals are usually very close to true market value.
24 posted on
05/29/2018 5:36:21 PM PDT by
Godebert
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