nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/rare-book-theft-carnegie-library-pittsburgh.html By Sarah MervoshAugust 28, 2018 A rare books dealer thought he had gotten lucky in 2013 when he managed to acquire a 1787 French first edition — inscribed by Thomas Jefferson when he was ambassador to France. “If someone…
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A criminal who was previously jailed for damaging a €9m Monet painting at the National Gallery is due to be extradited from England
herald.ie/news/courts/vandal-who-punched-9m-monet-to-be-extradited-on-art-theft-charge-36686373.html Ken Foy – 09 March 2018 02:30 AM Andrew Shannon damaging the Monet in the National Gallery in 2012 Andrew Shannon (53) has been serving a short sentence in England for burglary. It can now be revealed that gardai…
insider theft – Brazil suffers biggest rare book heist in national history
Brazil suffers biggest rare book heist in national history plus55.com/brazil-culture/2017/05/biggest-rare-book-heist By plus55 The Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) suffered the largest rare book heist in Brazilian history. Last year, 303 works disappeared from the shelves of the prestigious university’s…
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Protected: People of the (stolen) book: Did Israel’s National Library engage in systematic theft?
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Protected: How One Man – E. Forbes Smiley III – Ripped Off Millions in Rare Maps, Including in Chicago – Gold Coast – DNAinfo.com Chicago
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Protected: Did famous thief steal more of our hidden map treasures?
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Protected: Head of German auction house arrested over theft of Italian antique books – Telegraph
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Protected: US to hand back stolen royal books to Sweden | GlobalPost
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Protected: Lambeth Palace retrieves stolen collection of extraordinary rare books | Books | The Guardian
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Protected: The Professionalization of Library Theft
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Protected: The repentant book thief of Lambeth Palace
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Protected: The professionalization of library theft
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Protected: Former boss of Naples historic library confesses to multiple book thefts – The Art Newspaper
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Protected: Girolamini Library – What May Be the Largest Book Theft in Decades Unravels
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Protected: insider theft – Italian library director accused of stealing works by Galileo and other books
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Protected: Naples Library’s Plunder Highlights Entrenched Dealings – NYTimes.com
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Protected: Italian librarian arrested for book theft (Ton Cremers)
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Protected: Huge Book Theft Uncovered in Germany
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Protected: Raymond Scott obituary (Shakespeare Folio theft)
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Protected: VIVOTEK network cameras secure India’s oldest library | Security News – SourceSecurity.com
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Protected: Bibliomanie: Wie Michael F. der Begierde nach 24.000 Büchern erlag (Ton Cremers Museum Security Network)
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Protected: KAALtv.com – U of M Police Library Monitor Accused of Stealing, Selling Books
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Protected: Bibliophile bureaucrat banged up for book burglary (Ton Cremers Museum Security Network)
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Protected: Ministeriumsmitarbeiter aus Eberstadt soll 13 000 historische Bücher gestohlen haben | Echo Online – Nachrichten aus Südhessen
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Protected: 3 tried to sell off Stolen Sikh Holy Scripture for 20cr (4 million U.S. Dollars) | Global Sikh News
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Protected: Notorious Joe Orton book covers to go on show at Islington museum » Local Government » 24dash.com
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Protected: Robo del siglo: desaparece el Códice Calixtino de la Catedral de Santiago – Arqueologia, Historia Antigua y Medieval – Terrae Antiqvae
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Protected: Indicted former law student starts own legal chapter – The Lantern – Campus
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Argentina – Roban herencia cultural de cantante de tangos argentino Edmundo Rivero
Roban herencia cultural de cantante de tangos argentino Edmundo Rivero. Cartas manuscritas de los escritores Jorge Luis Borges y Julio Cortázar, grabaciones inéditas y obras de arte, parte de la herencia del cantante de tangos Edmundo Rivero, fueron robados en Argentina,…
The Israeli army’s "looting" of books belonging to Palestinian intellectuals is the subject of a documentary being made by Dutch-Israeli film maker Benny Brunner. He claims as many as 30,000 Arabic books and manuscripts, some of them rare and valuable, ended up in Israel’s National Library after the 1948 war.
Brunner’s interest in the story was sparked by an article written by young Israeli academic Gish Amit who stumbled across books while researching his Ph.D. According to Mr Amit, the library “collected” the books from the private collections of Palestinians…
The Israeli army’s "looting" of books belonging to Palestinian intellectuals is the subject of a documentary being made by Dutch-Israeli film maker Benny Brunner. He claims as many as 30,000 Arabic books and manuscripts, some of them rare and valuable, ended up in Israel’s National Library after the 1948 war.
Brunner’s interest in the story was sparked by an article written by young Israeli academic Gish Amit who stumbled across books while researching his Ph.D. According to Mr Amit, the library “collected” the books from the private collections of Palestinians…
Rare Harry Potter book worth £6,000 stolen from exhibition
These are the faces of two people being sought by police after they apparently walked off with a first edition Harry Potter book worth £6,000 from an exhibition. The couple allegedly distracted gallery staff before snatching the hardback copy of…
Police say an Ohio State law student stole books from the Moritz Law Library and sold them on Amazon.com Inc. for almost $10,300.
Police: Student stole books from Moritz Law Library to sell on Amazon By Ally Marotti marotti.5@osu.edu Published: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Updated: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 22:11 Police say an Ohio State law student stole books from the Moritz Law…