Raise ticket prices until you can afford more staff or don’t need more staff?
Your right ends where other's same rights begin and all that.
Admission is free for the following visitors:
Under 18s
Proof of ID required.
Under 26 year-old residents of the European Economic Area (EU, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein)
Proof of ID and residency required.
All visitors
On the first Friday of the month after 6 p.m. (except in July and August)
For example see https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/12/ec-demands-end-to-portugal...
Their size is probably big enough that any collector could distinguish them from any random jewels.
Who is there to sell to? The best bet is to store it away then let your great grandkids sell it to some Asian billionaire in the future when Europe and Europol no longer have any power and influence.
But also, once a thing is stolen, the market for forgeries of said object explodes. I also may have seen too many mysteries on television though.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kw8dwy4dro
Depending on what exactly is this you can find someone to refinish the stones and melt and precious metals. Possibly the stones are not recognizable anyways when taken off. Other than that I assume there is an underground market for these sorts of goods. These thieves seem sophisticated enough to have access to someone who will take this.
Sad.
> Recovery may prove difficult. “It’s unlikely these jewels will ever be seen again,” said Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds. “Professional crews often break down and re-cut large, recognizable stones to evade detection, effectively erasing their provenance.”
However, Sky News has an actual list. [1]
[1] https://news.sky.com/story/louvre-museum-in-paris-closed-aft...
Stolen and not retrieved
• Tiara from the set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense (img in article)[1]
• Necklace from the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense (img in article)[1]
• Earring, from the pair belonging to the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense (img in article)[1]
• Emerald necklace from the Empress Marie Louise set (img in article)[1]
• Pair of emerald earrings from the Empress Marie Louise set (img in article)[1]
• Brooch known as the "reliquary brooch" (img)[2]
• Tiara of Empress Eugenie (also referred to as a "diadem") (img)[3]
• Large corsage bow brooch of Empress Eugenie. (img in article)[1]
• Crown of Napoleon III's wife, Empress Eugenie (img)[4]
[3] https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/san...
[4] https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/san...
The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was text my English wife the BBC story and simply “The French be Frenching.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/UKmonarchs/comments/1dcmb7i/fun_fac...
leipert•1h ago
Compare also this robbery from 2019 in Dresden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Green_Vault_burglary
lukan•6m ago
(But maybe they were caught because they were careless afterwards?Selling stolen art is not risk free either)