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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3221694, member: 78244"]Or this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Say you bought a coin on eBay that had no question as to authenticity. The seller does not know what he/she has, so you assume they are selling a relative’s collection. You win, get the coin, and post it here. Then you get a PM from someone claiming it is their coin that was stolen from them and they offer proof. There was no way to know that it was stolen. The transaction itself was ordinary. Perhaps the same thing happened to the auction house, and they saw no red flags in the transaction or the provenance. The theft may not have been properly reported (circulated in numismatic circles, inventory, photos, etc.), so the auction house could not cross-check the coins against any reports.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are so quick to blame the auction house that I think your rationale is clouded by your disappointment of not winning any of the coins you wanted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3221694, member: 78244"]Or this. Say you bought a coin on eBay that had no question as to authenticity. The seller does not know what he/she has, so you assume they are selling a relative’s collection. You win, get the coin, and post it here. Then you get a PM from someone claiming it is their coin that was stolen from them and they offer proof. There was no way to know that it was stolen. The transaction itself was ordinary. Perhaps the same thing happened to the auction house, and they saw no red flags in the transaction or the provenance. The theft may not have been properly reported (circulated in numismatic circles, inventory, photos, etc.), so the auction house could not cross-check the coins against any reports. You are so quick to blame the auction house that I think your rationale is clouded by your disappointment of not winning any of the coins you wanted.[/QUOTE]
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