Honesty in collecting

[AMTG]

He would have added his mark up!!!! At least your neighbour was loyal enought to let you buy it from him!!!

[Franz1944]

That is the right thing. Hopefully the dealer does not break up the group.

[AMTG]

I have no idea what happened after, as I moved interstate not long after........ideally he should keep it together

[Wagriff]

It's always tempting, of course, to just grin and bag up the stuff and take it home, but it depends on how much of a conscience you have. Sure, you would have made a haul, but you would have deprived an elderly lady of a much needed 8 grand too. Personally, I would have picked a few of the cherries from the lot and offered her a decent price for them and let her sell the rest to the dealer. That way, everybody wins-you, the widow and the dealer as well. Oh well...live and learn!

[Aus der Traum]

I think you did a good thing, although if it were me, and she was offering, I would have taken the helmet and some field gear then helped her to sell the rest.. After all, you were helping her out anyway!

[ObKrieger]

AMTG, I applaud your integrity. I am not so sure I could be that strong in that kind of situation, to be honest. I think I would probably tell her that what she had is worth a ton of money, but I would keep insisting that I would take good care of it if I had it.

I mean come on, a dealer only sees dollar signs, and they are just going to break up the grouping and sell it piece by piece to the highest bidders, and a museum will end up 'losing' it... surely there would be a better way to pay her back than with money. As Ralph did, you could do a service for her, or help her some other way.

I would tell her how much it is all worth and that she has a collector's dream, but I would not hesitate if she insisted on giving it to me for free.

(I should mention that this would only be the case if I really didn't have enough money. If I had it, I would give her exactly what it's worth.)

[banksy]

Sounds like an amazing lot ! You did the right thing tho ...

Kind regards
Alex

[AMTG]

In hindsight I suppose something could have been arranged....but shouldn't dwell on what could have been!!!

[Thanatos]

All good Kama mate.
Nice darts.

[AMTG]

Well Karma already seems to be working....being offered a SS relic just out of the blue was a good start!!!!!