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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nerva, post: 2764910, member: 87761&quot;]There&#039;s a good chance that this is a legal requirement. Christie&#039;s and Sotheby&#039;s won&#039;t let you bid until you&#039;ve done the same money laundering checks as banks require. They say it&#039;s required by law, and given their size I suspect that&#039;s true. They might just be following the rules. I have some sympathy because I remember when the money laundering rules were tightened up around the turn of the millennium and I was a very junior bank employee having to explain to corporate customers why we needed a copy of their passport and utility bill. Understandably a lot were riled by the request - which was a legal requirement. It was especially galling because we dealt with some families who had been with the bank literally for centuries![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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