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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 234170, member: 2844&quot;]Obb, I was clearly not talking about the law, I should think I have made it abundantly clear, in this thread and others, that I would never sell anything as NA if there is no proof it is.</p><p>I also thought it was clear that I said I am not fussy about the origin of beautiful objects.</p><p>That particular law applies when you sell in the US, or through a US based company. It does not apply to the appreciation of beauty by someone in The Netherlands collecting jewellery, whether it be NA, non-Native Southwestern, Bulgarian, Yemeni or Chinese.</p><p>The US do not have an &#039;appreciation of beauty police&#039;, and if they ever would, they would not have any jurisdiction in The Netherlands. Therefore, I, as a collector of beautiful jewellery, whether it be NA, non-Native Southwestern, Bulgarian, Yemeni or Chinese, am still allowed not to be fussy about the origin of beauty. I am still free to appreciate beauty without putting a label on it, even in this ever more compartmentalising world, where I myself don&#039;t even know what someone is going to label me as next. Obb, I don&#039;t know your own origins, but I can tell you that being multi-ethnic/multi-cultural in the present-day world has made me very aware of the whys and wherefores of labels. I can&#039;t stop people putting labels on me, but I will fight for the freedom to appreciate beauty without having to put a label on it. As the famous German poet Schiller said: &quot;die Gedanken sind frei&quot;, the thoughts are free.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I own several Navajo pieces of which the Dutch, Belgian, and German sellers thought they were European Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau is not as expensive here as Native American, so no complaints<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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