Wait a minute!  How on earth can one steal an item from its listing on an
Internet site.  I'm really confused.  I really don't think you can put an
actual artifact on the Internet or if you could (as in image) someone could
steal it.

Help me out here.


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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
100 East Cedar
Angleton, Texas  77515
(409) 864-1208
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From:   Adrienne Deangelis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Thursday, January 07, 1999 1:00 PM
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Subject:        Re: Web databases - the other consideration

Hello--it does seem that the problem with the thefts mentioned is more a
lack of supervision and poor management than one of excessive information.
It also seems to me that if full information about a museum's holdings
were easily available the victimized museum would be able to provide
enough details about the lost objects to seriously crimp resale efforts by
the thieves.
        Is there any proof to the long-cited claim that museum holdings
are often stolen to order?  Any cases that can be cited?

        Adrienne DeAngelis
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