tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183976.post789777172847240465..comments2023-10-26T06:35:55.278-05:00Comments on Illicit Cultural Property: Stolen Rockwell and Spielberg and Theft DatabasesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815004368881797395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183976.post-88023762493037890552007-03-15T09:43:00.000-05:002007-03-15T09:43:00.000-05:00Art Hostage, why don't you become more informed. I...Art Hostage, why don't you become more informed. I read your incorrect statements and cringe. <BR/>I called the Art Loss Register and they DO have the Vermeer listed.<BR/>Bakwin has so much money he didn't need to sell the Cezanne to pay the ALR fee. He sold it along with some other works in a family related settlement. You have a real talent. if only you dealt in facts instead of libelous mistatments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183976.post-10635850770195650962007-03-05T12:16:00.000-06:002007-03-05T12:16:00.000-06:00Well, nothing in the news reports indicates any wr...Well, nothing in the news reports indicates any wrongful activity by Spielberg. I seriously doubt he is received preferential treatment, especially considering he alerted the authorities soon after discovering the work had been stolen. <BR/><BR/>It seems likely that he will return or compensate the original victim. Far more interesting are the implications for the market itself, which seems to have trouble operation without innocent purchasers buying stolen works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00815004368881797395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183976.post-10322686863665293832007-03-05T07:53:00.000-06:002007-03-05T07:53:00.000-06:00Why is it that everyone is scared to critersize Mr...Why is it that everyone is scared to critersize Mr Spielberg for his lack of due dilligence?<BR/><BR/>Any other art collector who was caught with this picture would certainly be questioned and would have to justify their possession of a picture that could be traced by a simple Google search of the title.<BR/><BR/>One law for the powerful and one for the rest of us.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Consider the facts<BR/><BR/>Spielberg is an avid Rockwell collector<BR/><BR/>Spielberg helped create the Norman Rockwell museum in Stockbridge Mass<BR/><BR/>Spielberg universally regarded as first class authority on Rockwell<BR/><BR/>A quick google would have told him his painting was stolen<BR/><BR/>FBI closing in on Spielberg as buyer of Rockwell<BR/><BR/>Spielberg minion spots Rockwell on FBI wanted list, contacts feds<BR/><BR/>Was Spielberg tipped off that Feds closing in so his staff could strike first and plead innocence?<BR/><BR/>Conclusion:<BR/><BR/>At the very least this information and circumstances should be forwarded to a grand jury for them to decide if any complicity was displayed.<BR/><BR/>Spielberg may have shown to be complacent in not checking his Rockwell was stolen.<BR/><BR/>Spielberg is one of the finest minds of our time, a world class authority and highly intelligent human being.<BR/><BR/>Did Spielberg knowingly buy the stolen Rockwell and decide to, as Senator Kennedy would put it, <BR/><BR/>"Drive off that bridge when he gets to it" <BR/><BR/>meaning Spielberg would address the problem when it appears.<BR/><BR/>Outcome, Spielberg will make a payment to however is deemed rightful owner and he will keep the Rockwell.<BR/><BR/>Moral of this tale, Rich, powerful Americans can act as they want, collect stolen artworks knowingly and pay later for legal title.<BR/><BR/>Whatever politics Spielberg has is irrelevant, dishonesty applies to both Republicans and Democrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com