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Originally Posted by badgeguy
You are very correct in that I have been doing research. That's my passion. I keep tabs on all sorts of pins and memorabilia being sold on eBay and other sites. I take the pictures, if they are good and use them for my website and planned update to the old Bairds manuals. I have photos and info on all sorts of old pins and new ones, and from defunct groups. In regards to THESE pins, they are in fact from a box of jewelry that was stolen from a friend over ten years ago....
To see these pins pop up was a surprise to my friend as we had thought surely these pins would have been melted down. The timing is odd, yes, but my hunch is that this seller, who may have acquired these pins years ago from the thief or they have been passed around since they were stolen....I do not know that answer. An email to the seller did not reveal anything other than he was not willing to listen to my friends information and questions.
I also suspect that this seller may have had these pins for awhile and saw that older KKG key sell for a good deal of money and thought about trying to "cash in" on the same type of pins.
The bad part is that if the police aren't able to stop the auction by the end of the auction, then whoever does "buy" these may be out the pins and the money should the police be able to investigate and retrieve the items.
Personally, I have never had something like this come up to me, and so yes I am a little nieve on how the process works. So thanks to those who did supply the info.
I'm sure if anyone else had had this happen to them they would do whatever was possible to get their items back as well.
I will always try to help out friends whenever possible and should I ever come across any other pins from any org where I learn they were stolen, I'd so whatever I could to ensure those items returned to their owners!
Thanks
BG
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You're welcome. It was simple to go to ebay and get the right answer.
ebay stops the auction. The buyer (if it isn't stopped) isn't out anything, as the items will be confiscated, the buyer will have $ refunded per ebay policies. You just need to read.
As a seller, why should he listen to an anonymous message without any verification? Your "friend" probably filed a police report and an insurance claim. Remember, recovered property belongs to the insurance company. Did you forget about that detail? The insurance company MAY allow the owner to buy the items back. And that is another conversation.