**************Re: [Milsurplus] wwII walkey talteys

[William Donzelli]

> check into it William there are  a number of rather prestigious privately
> funded libraries and museums in this world.
> 
> Museums DO advertise to purchase artifacts, although  in the venue of
> artifacts pertaining to ancient civilizations it DOES indeed encourage tomb
> robbers and is frowned upon.
> 
> Some museums refrain from advertising as they  hope to get things gratis
> also.
> 
> on the issue of "Basically, museums must never explicitly tie a  monetary
> value to an artifact or collection." This is true if someone is going to
> donate it to them. they are not allowed to appraise something that they are
> receiving as a benefit.

Ethics, man. Ethics. Look into it, please...

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org