Re: value of relics?



Apparently on date Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:57:57 -0800, "David Rennick"
<firewall@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

>I know an individual who possesses a ring found in the tomb of a saint and
>several of the bones found in the sarchophagus. The provenance
>documentation is irrefutable. What would be the value of such items, or is
>it impossible to put a value on something like this? I know that there are
>relics all across Europe in various churches and was wondering what such
>items would bring if it were legal to auction them?
>Does anyone have any other opinions on this subject?

They have pretty close to zero archaeological value, so this isn't a
particularly good place to ask. Ebay would give *an* answer.

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