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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

think again

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5899670

that is THE MERC that started it all, merc zero.

"The Veil was owned by the Leonelli family until 1608. Pancrazio Petrucci, a soldier married to Marzia Leonelli, stole the Veil from his father-in-law's house. A few years later, Marzia sold it for 400 scudi to Doctor Donato Antonio De Fabritiis to pay a ransom demand for her husband, who was then a prisoner in Chieti."