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To: Rambi who wrote (11556)	7/22/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: Thomas C. White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

"Would you feel like you'd compromised your ethics if you bought that piece at the garage sale for a hundred dollars?" "Absolutely not, for exactly the reasons you stated." Next question. Suppose you had the piece at your house after buying it, you were taking out the drawers, and you found a secret compartment behind one of the drawers that contained say $20,000 worth of jewelry. And suppose it's obvious that the compartment hadn't been looked at in fifty or sixty years. Would you return the jewelry? In this case, I would return it. I was buying the furniture, and I think I would feel as if I were cheating the sellers in this case. They might even be family heirlooms. As to the museum, I wouldn't expect them to return the items. They had sufficient evidence that Pritchard was acting as the lawful seller. Interestingly, though, if there were a criminal fraud case where Pritchard had criminally defrauded Pickett, the museum could conceivably be required to return the items even if they did not get their money back from Pritchard. It would depend upon a lot of factors.