Glyn,

GB> ... if we want them to be on our side in the fight against illicit
traffic.

Well, do you have any doubt that they fight just on the other side yet?

GB> ... they embrace those aspects of the code of ethics which deal
GB> with trade in objects of doubtful origin.

Do you have any doubt that art dealers are mostly, not to say exclusively,
interested in profits? They will never embrace any code which could (if
respected, of course...) restrict sales and profits in any way.

Regards,

Carlos Roberto Maciel Levy
Art critic and historian
ICOM's Brazilian Committee
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil