tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post4508559918177805875..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: Will the State Department Follow Our Political Leaders' Call to End Job Killing Regulations on Small Business?Cultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-14125902048605475432011-01-18T14:05:49.494-08:002011-01-18T14:05:49.494-08:00Don't get me wrong; I'm on your side on th...Don't get me wrong; <a href="http://elmoiscariot.blogspot.com/2011/01/it-beggared-all-description.html" rel="nofollow">I'm on your side on this one</a>. I'm not an antiquities collector myself (my property interest in this fight is a single dirt-common denarius of Vespasian), but it's still distressing to see such uncritical support out there for "cultural property" schemes that so casually ignore property rights and the historical contributions to collectors to archaeology. <br /><br />I mean to say that even though the proportion of Americans affected is small, it's still a significant issue.elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-30331956068349520272011-01-18T13:26:49.714-08:002011-01-18T13:26:49.714-08:00Elmo- Yes, those restrictions impact relatively f...Elmo- Yes, those restrictions impact relatively few Americans as relatively few Americans collect Cypriot and Chinese coins. Far more collect "coins of Italian type," though. If estimates are correct, there are at least 50,000 serious collectors of that series. There are probably hundreds of thousands of more casual collectors. I guess it depends on where you sit as to whether this number is significant or not. Certainly, there are far more ancient coin collectors than archaelogists, though.Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-83967305554226614112011-01-18T13:17:11.378-08:002011-01-18T13:17:11.378-08:00I'd argue that recent restrictions on Chinese ...I'd argue that recent restrictions on Chinese and Cypriot coins don't affect ordinary Americans much at all. The problem, from my point of view, is that government has gotten so casual about making regulations that affect _small_ numbers of Americans, that those regulations are made thousands of times a year, and it's hard for the mainstream to get worked up about any one in particular.elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.com