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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2790120, member: 76086&quot;]The topic of ISIS selling antiquities has been discussed in depth within the antiquities collecting community.&nbsp; I dont recall the specifics, but there was an ISIS operative who was killed and a thumb drive retrieved which listed income from various sources.&nbsp; It did indeed include an accounting relating to artifacts.&nbsp; It was however a very small amount of money suggesting that the practice is not widespread.&nbsp; Also it was documented that while ISIS does no smuggling themselves, they tax those who do.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with antiquities is that they number in the many millions.&nbsp; The vast majority came to collectors hands well over 100 years ago.&nbsp; As such there is no provenance and no way to retrieve one.&nbsp; It is impossible to tell exactly where and when they came to be at any place or point in time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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