all_i_see@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 19 days agoEgyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raidwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10
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minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 days agoI think the usual routine is to take it apart and sell the individual stones to people who don’t check for markings and metrics that identify them.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoJobs like this usually happen because they already have a buyer. It’ll sit in someone’s “private collection” until they die, then it’ll be surprisingly discovered.
Good luck moving it though
I think the usual routine is to take it apart and sell the individual stones to people who don’t check for markings and metrics that identify them.
Jobs like this usually happen because they already have a buyer. It’ll sit in someone’s “private collection” until they die, then it’ll be surprisingly discovered.