Does the statute of limitations apply to subsequent possessors who have acquired the stolen article?

9 Both Harpending and San Francisco Credit involved subsequent possessors who acquired the stolen article before the limitations period had expired. Because we ultimately determine that the amended statute applies here, we need not decide whether a purchaser who acquired the item after the statute expired would be subject to renewal of the limitations period. (See, e.g., O'Keeffe v. Snyder (1980) 83 N.J. 478 [416 A.2d 862, 875], stating that it would be an extension of common law doctrine to hold that a subsequent transfer revives an action already barred by the statute of limitations.)