The Treasure Business
May 26, 2010
THE government must not give up after it failed to auction off the treasures it raised from the bottom of the sea. Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad should conduct an evaluation to determine why the auction of thousands of Ching dynasty artifacts from a sunken ship off the coast of Cirebon, West Java, failed to attract a single buyer.
Antique dealers and collectors around the world were clearly taken aback by the amateurish au
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