Athens Kopis

[Robert Vermaat]

Despite the fact that it's obvious that illegal objects will never be destroyed, since most people reason the same way you and many others do (oh, my precious! it's must be preserved!). If you're fine with contributing to the destruction of knowledge I guess that's okay.

I think all here are against trading in looted objects, but I don't think we share the opinion that they become without value when they are looted. Would that not depend on the nature of the object and where it came from? I mean, supposed it was looted from the palmyra museum.. But I think you are solely referring to object that are looted from the soil and whose context is lost. Even then I think that the object is not useless.
If only because it won't help solving the problem. The incentives to the looters will always be a cause for looting. The volume of looted objects that are intercepted is such a small part of the problem that it won't be of any influence on the looting itself.

Destroying intercepted illegal elephant tusks did not stop the slaughter by the poachers.
Destroying intercepted illegal drugs did not stop illegal drugs trafficking.
Destroying intercepted looted archaeological artifacts won't stop the looting.