Posted by Barbara D. on January 25, 2012, 5:52 am, in reply to "Henri M. !"
--Previous Message-- : I object strongly here to the fact that you're : not mentioning which royal jewel expert : told you these details !! : I have just received an @mail from the Dutch : author/journalist whose knowledge you used : (abused) on this Board and who was appalled : to see that the person who asked her for : some details earlier on, used these very : same facts now, on this Board, but now was : suddenly using the name of Henri M. : : If thàt is not violating the most important : rules of these Boards, then I don't know : what is ! : : It would be better if you apologise openly : to the person whose knowledge you abused and : whom you misled by using a different name : when asking information per e-mail ! : : Meanwhile, all of this has now led to the : website of said well-known royal : author/journalist being closed for any : further questions/mails from jewel-lovers as : she no longer wants to share her information : with anybody. : Thus the good guys suffer from the behaviour : of the bad guys. : As usual : : And I am sorry if I don't express myself in : a kind or diplomatical way here, but right : now I am really furious seeing that the good : name of this wonderful Board has been : downgraded by such loathsome behaviour! : : : :
With all due respect towards this royal jewel expert, but is it really such a secret Henri M. revealed when posting, that he had a discussion with a jewel expert and received the information that restoring the East-Indies bracelet would be technically easy possible.
I'm sorry, but I can't see the atrocity in his post. Isn't this an information, which everyone with some knowledge in goldsmithing and jewellery could assume? A lot of jewels are so versatile, so why the Dutch RF should change a historical piece so entirely, that it is no longer possible to join it back into it's former state?