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Judge: Mistakenly Sold Apollo 11 Moon Mission Bag Is Buyer's
ABC News ^
| Dec 14, 2016
| Roxana Hegeman
Posted on 12/18/2016 12:40:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Good. If I mistakenly sell something valuable for $0.50 at my yard sale, I don’t get to change my mind and get it back. Why should the government?
To: nickcarraway
She should offer to sell it back...At whatever the going rate is for “national treasures.” I’m no expert but I’m thinking the number will be much higher than $995.
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posted on
12/18/2016 12:47:39 PM PST
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: nickcarraway
Judge bailed on ordering NASA to give the bag back.
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posted on
12/18/2016 12:47:48 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Hey obamas to include mom in law - nah, nah, nah, nah - hey hey goodbye)
To: southern rock
On the flipside, they owe the entity they did not return the property to a huge check for compensation for the loss of the item.
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posted on
12/18/2016 12:49:09 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: nickcarraway
"a rare artifact, if not a national treasure,"
Then why didn't NASA donate it to Mecca as part of muzzie outreach?
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posted on
12/18/2016 12:49:21 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: nickcarraway
so i ‘mistakenly’ sell something of yours, it’s too bad for you?
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posted on
12/18/2016 12:50:07 PM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: camle
so i mistakenly sell something of yours, its too bad for you? Depends on how you came into possession of it.
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posted on
12/18/2016 12:57:36 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
To: southern rock
“Why should the government?”
The French have an art law that says, in effect, if somebody sold something that is French art we can take it back without paying for it. Several classic cars were legitimately sold over the years and the US government has forced the owners to return them. The owners weren’t even compensated for restoring them. I understand this has happened with paintings and statues, etc.
To: southern rock
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
From the article,
"It is unclear how much the Apollo 11 bag might fetch if auctioned off again and with the full knowledge of its significance."
Safe to say it would be worth a pant load. If sold in Boston, a "wicked pant load."
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posted on
12/18/2016 1:15:29 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: stylin19a
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posted on
12/18/2016 1:16:13 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: Gen.Blather
“Several classic cars were legitimately sold over the years and the US government has forced the owners to return them.”
Were they classic French cars? How did the US government get involved? I imagine General de Gaulle’s limousine for example would be considered a national treasure! :)
To: nickcarraway
I know a lot of aviators and fly myself. It’s just a white bag!
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posted on
12/18/2016 1:21:53 PM PST
by
Ace's Dad
("America is Great because America is Good " Alexis de Tocqueville)
To: Frank_2001
These were French cars. They went through the State department using international agreements. I don’t know what criteria they used to decide what to go after. One they saw when the buyer paid a record price for it. He was out car and money because the seller was the legitimate owner.
To: nickcarraway
Sell it back for $995,000 plus $29,995 for shipping.
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posted on
12/18/2016 1:37:37 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: Steely Tom
Depends on how you came into possession of it.) It was found before it was lost.
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posted on
12/18/2016 1:47:44 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
To: nickcarraway
The government obtained title to the bag and sold it to a good faith purchaser in a sale according to law, he noted.The judge made the right call.
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posted on
12/18/2016 2:28:54 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
To: nickcarraway
I’ve got a bag NASA can have if they need one.
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posted on
12/18/2016 2:37:04 PM PST
by
sphinx
To: nickcarraway
Which genius,in what federal department is responsible for giving away our national treasures? They should be prosecuted.
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posted on
12/18/2016 3:13:25 PM PST
by
Minutemen
("It's a Religion of Peace")
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