Sword collection - Stolen.

spiral · 30th August 2012, 08:58 PM

Fascinating stuff this!

Any of the collectors here heard of any of these stolen pieces yet? Or have they disapeered into a "secret" collection somewhere? Because someone could get them cheaper than legal pieces?

As they say in Devon "Bargain"

Lots more swords stolen worlwide lately, A Japanese shop just lost yen 15,000,000 worth of katana. Loads of recent thieving in England & California to.

linky 1

for example

Who buys all these stolen swords? Do they ever show them to anyone else? What happens to them? Dont reckon there weighed in for scrap, they must end up with knowledgable collecters eventualy...

I wonder if it adds to the pleasure of owning them or dimineshes it?

Spiral

Atlantia · 31st August 2012, 08:15 AM

Hi J,

I don't know. I guess with the top list in this thread it's going to be pretty difficult for them to be broken up and sold separately as they are all individually recorded.
They should start to be picked up as they trickle onto the market. As long as the serial numbers etc aren't removed

If you google any of the names and numbers it should bring up one of the sites showing the list of stolen swords.

As for the ones in your link, well that's definately going to be more problematic.
It's a worry on several levels for sure.

30th August 2012, 08:58 PM	#1
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Fascinating stuff this! Any of the collectors here heard of any of these stolen pieces yet? Or have they disapeered into a "secret" collection somewhere? Because someone could get them cheaper than legal pieces? As they say in Devon "Bargain" Lots more swords stolen worlwide lately, A Japanese shop just lost yen 15,000,000 worth of katana. Loads of recent thieving in England & California to. linky 1 for example Who buys all these stolen swords? Do they ever show them to anyone else? What happens to them? Dont reckon there weighed in for scrap, they must end up with knowledgable collecters eventualy... I wonder if it adds to the pleasure of owning them or dimineshes it? Spiral

31st August 2012, 08:15 AM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Hi J, I don't know. I guess with the top list in this thread it's going to be pretty difficult for them to be broken up and sold separately as they are all individually recorded. They should start to be picked up as they trickle onto the market. As long as the serial numbers etc aren't removed If you google any of the names and numbers it should bring up one of the sites showing the list of stolen swords. As for the ones in your link, well that's definately going to be more problematic. It's a worry on several levels for sure.