A slightly different approach this morning. This story raises all sorts of questions about property and the state.
The painting, looted by Nazis from a wealthy Jewish family in 1933, is recovered by the heirs. There's a lot to unwrap here, my gift to you this morning!

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Value is a tricky thing to establish. What the article doesn't mention is that we actually had 300 valuable family heirlooms returned to us. This one painting for example was valued at $3.8m. We had intended to auction each artefact off individually but did not understand ebay and sold them all as a batch for $38. There was supposed to be a period and you have to type the zeroes.

    • coolfuzzylemur [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      We had intended to auction each artefact off individually but did not understand ebay and sold them all as a batch for $38.

      lmao really? I guess this is a troll, but why wouldn't you just not ship the painting?

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        While we had hoped to donate a significant sum to holocaust awareness and potentially open up another wing to the Jüdisches Museum Berlin or even second memorial, the error was my fault and I did not want a low rating on ebay because I had hoped to buy kratom with part of the money.