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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 1228813, member: 21309&quot;]Anybody watch the Antiques Roadshow when they evaluated &quot;stolen&quot; congressional chairs or &quot;stolen&quot; federal government antique desks and other &quot;stolen&quot; federal property that&#039;s on its way to sales, including auctions?&nbsp; In all of my years attending estate sales, auctions, etc I have never seen documentation stating this item was released for sale by the Federal government.&nbsp; OTOH, I&#039;m sure some surplus specialized military equipment has a paper trail.</p><p>But the &quot;stolen&quot; coins (never ever proven by anybody they were stolen) gets confiscated from heirs of the original non government owner.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Why didn&#039;t they lock up King Farouk for possessing stolen property.&nbsp; What a sad joke this is.</p><p><br /></p><p>For twenty years of my government career I dragged around a&nbsp; bureau of prisons antique wood/glass/brass legal book case that was transferred to me by a friend who was retiring.</p><p>I must of been told at least&nbsp; three times by managers &quot;will you take that piece of crap home so the rest of your office matches the new furniture we just got for you with end of year money?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I retired I left it didn&#039;t bother to take it but you can bet somebody else took it and they weren&#039;t arrested.</p><p><br /></p><p>For decades I would &quot;steal&quot; poster size pictures of the president and vice presidents (Nixon through Obama) at a federal installation before they were swapped out for the newly elected pres and vice pres.&nbsp; When I sell or trade them as a lot I guess the secret service will be waiting for me since they got a lot of free time now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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