Comment on $5 million in stolen artifacts returned to Polish museum

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by SmileySometimes on Yesterday, 4:56 pm #2548852

Wow, this is great news. I love to hear about these items being returned. Kudos to Berk the antique dealer for being vigilant--and ehthical. If not for him, we'd never know of these objects' whereabouts--or extistence, even. I wonder if possibly this former curator didn't "steal" the items, per se...maybe he (I'm assuming it's a "he") took them home to his basement for safekeeping, planning to return them. Who knows, maybe the museum roof was leaking, or remodeling was scheduled, something like that, and he felt the items would be safest in his home temporarily. It was a long time ago; probably not as much museum protocol was in place, as there is today. So nobody objected. Then time passed, he may have forgotten about the box of stuff in his basement, or become ill...there could be any number of explanations. Whatever happened, it's fantastic that they've been found and returned. : )

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