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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2790008, member: 76086&quot;]Wayne Sayles has already done this long ago, though I dont know if he published results or how many times for that matter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And that is the underlying issue nobody wants to address.&nbsp; If they stayed in Iraq (assuming the article is accurate and that is where they came from) they likely would not have survived in the first place.&nbsp; Ironically, when rich Americans get into these situations and start buying antiquities the items typically turn out to be fake anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ed, you may be a bit obsessed with the CN-22.&nbsp; Its not the only customs form.&nbsp; In fact computer based postage printing only records the bare minimum of information required by law.&nbsp; Country of origin is NOT one of those items.&nbsp; Value is the more important factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>This quote from the article illustrates how truly ignorant these people really are: </p><p><br /></p><p>“American collectors and importers must ensure compliance with laws and regulations that require truthful declarations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, so that Customs officers are able to scrutinize cultural property crossing our borders and prevent the inappropriate entry of such property,” stated Acting United States Attorney Rohde.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Just how am I going to get some other individual, in another country, write in another language a honest customs declaration?&nbsp; Nobody has control in that manner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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