I was just reading a newspaper article about an arrest in a Florida Keys museum theft. Normally, grand larceny is a state, not a federal offense, but the defendants were charged with a federal crime. Here is the Miami Herald article link: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c ... 88979.html
The article states that Federal law defines an “object of cultural heritage” as a museum item that is over 100 years old and worth more than $5,000, or valued at over $100,000 regardless of age. See, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/668
It made me think: how many fishing reels would meet the first definition of an “object of cultural heritage?” Surely, the George Snyder and Philbrooke & Paine reels. What others based on recent auction results or sales?
Reels as an “object of cultural heritage”
Reels as an “object of cultural heritage”
Mike N.
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Re: Reels as an “object of cultural heritage”
"It was taken from a case designed to let people hold it but not remove it"
So it was like one of those puzzles you buy at Cracker Barrel.
So it was like one of those puzzles you buy at Cracker Barrel.
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Re: Reels as an “object of cultural heritage”
OK closet barristers, what if they stole a case of my stuff worth over $5000? Do I have a case?
Matt Wickham
Collector of Casting Weights, KY Reels and KY Tackle
Collector of Casting Weights, KY Reels and KY Tackle
Re: Reels as an “object of cultural heritage”
Interesting question. The federal statute makes it illegal to steal “an object” which normally would imply a single item and not the cumulative value of “a case of stuff.”kyreels wrote:OK closet barristers, what if they stole a case of my stuff worth over $5000? Do I have a case?
Assuming you are a museum, I think the statute would arguably apply only if your “stuff” when combined was a set, such as a set of rare silverware. Would a court likewise consider a “collection” of reels to be a single “object?” Doubtful.
However, here is a 3rd Circuit decision where the theft of a Civil War military frock coat and a pair of pants (two items) was considered to be a single object, a uniform.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/ap ... 69/510709/
Mike N.
ORCA Founder, 1990
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