Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) I just noticed this website mentioned on one of Zurqieh's coin descriptions on VCoins. Has anyone purchased any antiquities through Acropolo? Edited February 2, 2023 by robinjojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted February 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) It's just Zurqieh, now you can't sell antiquities on VCoins. I'm not sure who they're kidding with the address: 5th Avenue. London. 03SL40F Edited February 1, 2023 by John Conduitt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, John Conduitt said: It's just Zurqieh, now you can't sell antiquities on VCoins. I'm not sure who they're kidding with the address: 5th Avenue. London. 03SL40F Isn't Hussam also on MA-Shops? Everyone knows that Zurqieh is in Dubai, given where the packages come from. Hussam has emailed me from the UK in the past, and I know he has connections there. (I very much doubt that he has a New York office!) I do trust his scarabs and other small artifacts as being authentic and not altered. More than I do the coins he sells. PS: I've never heard of Acropolo. Edited February 1, 2023 by DonnaML 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 2, 2023 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted February 2, 2023 Here's a link to the website: https://www.acropolo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 2, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 2, 2023 26 minutes ago, robinjojo said: Here's a link to the website: https://www.acropolo.com/ I think I recognize some of those scarabs, small amulets, and ushabtis! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numisnewbie Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) I thought Zurqieh had long since been discredited. According to this link - page 123 - (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://catalogus.boekman.nl/pub/P19-0434.pdf) Zurqieh was caught up in an antiquities investigation, working with Jaume Bagot on "antiquities that were trafficked from Libya (a conflict zone) and Egypt into the European Union and that were purportedly laundered and sold on the European art market (CNN 29 March 2018)". "Police established from e-mails that Bagot was working with Hussam Zurqieh, a Jordanian dealer based in Dubai, and Hassan Fazeli, an Iranian dealer based in Dubai and Thailand." I have no idea whatever came of it, but he's in the report by name. Edited February 2, 2023 by Numisnewbie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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