Excellent Group to top Soviet General

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I have one question : is there in Russia the possibility for the Government (representing Museums or other institutional bodies) to buy this group in priority, with a right of "first look" ? A right of pre-emption ?

Ch.

That would be awesome!

However, dealing in Soviet awards is still illegal according to current Russian laws. As such - several complications I see here:

1) The dealer is at risk that the governemnt will exercise it's right to confiscate the group,

2) the family may be facing criminal prosecution (as citizens under jurisdiction of curent laws) for selling the group.

William