Rag and bone men, in their native habitat....
Posted on 05/27/2008 3:21:27 PM PDT by blam
I assume a rag and bone man is a 'scrap metal' man today.(?)
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“rag and bone man”
I was wondering about the term myself. I have never heard of it before.
I think he was a Gypsy, too...
It sure puts the stuff I find at the Goodwill to shame.
Wikipedia - Rag and Bone Man is a British phrase for a junk dealer. In the past, they would collect rags for converting to paper and bones for making glue and scrap iron(?). A great job for hardcore greenies.
I wish I had that cup.
Blam, you know I am fairly often a great skeptic of archeologist’s claims. But this story is just too cool! Thanks!
Not as good as my favorite Achaemenid rhyton at the Metropolitan Museum (http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/ancient_near_eastern_art/Vessel_terminating_in_the_forepart_of_a_fantastic_leonine/ViewObject.aspx?depNm=ancient_near_eastern_art&pID=0&kWd=&OID=30002952&vW=1&Pg=4&St=1&StOd=1&vT=1), but I still want it.
Think Sanford and Son, which was modeled on Steptoe and Son the UK TV series. They were Rag and Bone men.
a brass dealer mistook this for brass?
right.
Amazing condition considering all the hands it must have passed through. Incredible that no one recognized that it was gold. And old.
right.
And the difference in compensation for the full sale price of a find handed down by the rag and bone man as opposed to something just dug up this morning is what? Hmmm...
I dont follow - is there a reason why he would not want to disclose a freshly dug find?
Anything dug up after September 24, 1997, that is 10% or more metal and 300 years old or older belongs the government per the Treasure Act 1996. Some of the verbiage:
Where objects are found to be treasure, they belong to the Crown, unless a third party has been granted the right to treasure (called a "franchise") found in a particular area (a list of some such franchises is at pages 244-251 of Hill). Usually the national museums are involved (in England the British Museum, in Wales the National Museum of Wales). They provide expert evidence and guidance to the coroner. To encourage the reporting of finds, the finder is invariably rewarded with a payment representing the value of the find. etc etc etc
Treasure handed down from family you get to keep more of.
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Rag and bone men, in their native habitat....
Wasn’t “Rag and Bone” a secret society at one of those Ivy League colleges that all those stuck-up nancyboys aspire to join?
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