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ANOTHER SIX WEEKS REPORTS OF INCIDENTS WITH CULTURAL PROPERTY:
The complete reports are available at the Museum Security Website.
September 29 - 30,
- Violent antiques thief leafed through the reference work to select
judges and peers and planned each raid in great detaiL
- Treasures of 13th and 14th century left cracked and crumbling after
earthquakes rock central Italy (More on Assissi earthquake)
- Italy quake latest chapter in ``Curse of Cimabue''
- St. Francis' Legacy
- New tremors halt friars' battle to save Assisi art
- Frescos damaged beyond repair by earthquake (art historian,
Federico Zeri, has blamed poor and "idiotic" restoration work in the
1950s and 1960s)
- Damage at Assisi blamed on work in 1960s
- Thieves rip altar from Hardy church
- Vandalism and theft (in churches) cost insurer £5 million a year
- Looters pillage church art in Assisi
- Re: Library vandalism
- the National Monument Fairness Act severely weakens the Antiquities
Act of 1906 (National Parks)
September 23 - 27,
- missing artwork looted during WW II
- UN plea to save Afghan art from war and plunder
- Criminal assists businessman in art recovery
- Lawmakers weigh restoring southwest's Glen Caynon (National
Park)
- Unlikely suspect/Connor crony was no art expert (Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum)
- Sideshow trial opens as Gardner case stalls (Isabella Stewart
Gardner)
-Stolen Goods (the "lost" Quedlinburg treasures,
medieval manuscripts and art works)
- RE: Stolen Goods (the "lost" Quedlinburg treasures, medieval
manuscripts and art works)
- Stolen Goods
- Re: Stolen Books
- Library vandalism
- Earthquakes in Italy kill at least 10, Dozens pulled from debris;
works of art damaged
September 15 - 22,
- Hearing set for antiques dealer
- World recognition raises hopes for ruined monastery
- Blind man 'has key to Tsar's secret library' (800 missing
manuscripts and books)
- Don't reward criminals for returning stolen art
- Faker of the FO saves old masters for the nation (A strange report)
- Stolen Van Gogh recovered in Belgium (good news, but still: how
good this happen.....)
- Re: Dealing with Art Thieves (A "cop's" view on Isabella Stewart
Gardner negotiations)
September 6 - 13,
- Specialists at odds over dealing for art
- Restitution for looted art is discussed
- B'nai B'rith unit to seek Jewish art
- Project Seeks to Track Works Seized by Nazis
- Museum attorney meets with US prosecutor
- Search will widen for art looted by Nazis
- Art collector sent to prison for theft
- Art and terrorism
- 100 Endangered Cultural Sites Named
- Man charged in New York with $10 million art theft
- Clinton Portrait Stolen in Arkansas
- Clinton Portrait Returned to Police
- Peru fire threatens Inca citadel Machu Picchu
- Lost City of Incas closed to tourists after brush fire
- Youngworth is being harassed, lawyer says (Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum)
- Peru fire rages out of control around Inca citadel
- Church thieves should have hands cut off, says rector
- Jewish Group to Form Unit On Looted Art
- Bremen's stolen Rembrandt and Dürer turn up in US
- 2 men in Gardner deal set to meet/Time to deliver, observers say
- Artist's Heirs Sue Smithsonian, Ownership of Paintings by William
Johnson Challenged
- Russia Returns Looted Wartime Booty
- US attorney demands proof on stolen art (Isabella Stewart Gardner)
- Man, 60, charged in effort to sell stolen artwork
- Release, reward would be an insult, victim's kin says (Isabella
Stewart Gardner)
- Earlier tipster makes his pitch on stolen art (Isabella Stewart
Gardner)
-UNESCO sounds alarm over Venezuela heritage site (Canaima
National Park)
September 4 - 5,
- Museum Thefts (the Art Newspaper)
- Book theft at Univ. of Minnesota
- Rugby vandals damage statue
- Thieves steal Antwerp museum's only Van Gogh (repost with
additional remarks)
- Private spat may be driving Gardner talks
- Gardner confirms hiring attorney for discussions (Antiques dealer
tells 'Nightline' of stolen art)
- Special Tony award stolen from James Thurber's birthplace
- Re: New Dickinson Poem purchased for $24,150 Proved Fake
September 2,
- Thieves bargain for freedom in major US art theft (Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum)
- Museum canvasses latest tip on stolen art (Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum)
- Gardner officials encouraged by reporter's recall of painting
(Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
- Two `art lovers' offer FBI a deal for return of stolen masterpieces
(Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
- Manassas, Late Bids to Keep Artifacts, Rohr's Museum to Put History
on Auction Block
- Herzog agrees to return Amber Room furniture
August 31,
- Risks of lending to museums
- Antique dealer now demands Connor release (Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum)
- Request (Gardner Museum case)
- Meeting on art heist expected (Gardner Museum case)
- New Dickinson Poem purchased for $24,150 Proved Fake
August 27,
- Once-magnificent library is tattered and worn
- Searching for stolen art/antiquities
- Why the auction is the enemy of art
- Wood expert casts doubt on dating of masterpiece
- FBI Has Lead in 1990 Art Heist (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
August 23,
- Fountain vandal to sue over fall
- US reportedly wants to talk to Connor on Gardner theft
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania (protest against selling and
dispersing the Society's historic arts and artifacts collection)
- Romans seek crackdown after vandals break statue
- Provinces Help Tibet Protect Relics
- The Real Enemy of the Arts
August 21,
- Jury indicts historical-documents dealer again
- Tourist in icy plunge to save Rome fountain
- Bernini fountain damaged by bathers (same story as above: different
reporter, different paper): damage to the fountain comes after a
series of assaults on priceless Italian sculptures and works of art of
world importance.
August 19,
- sentenced only to 15 months' of jail time
- Archive Disaster in Poland
- Fire Damages Hubert Humphrey Museum
- Who's Who burglary gang knew what's what
August 18,
- Auction house tip puts police on trail of £1m art gang
- Broker Charged with Art Theft (No plea entered in art fraud
case)
- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum renews reward offer
for stolen artwork
August 15,
- Stolen Narwhal Tusk
- Banned Apartheid Painting Returned
- Police question suspect in Picasso theft
- Man gets 15 months in stolen art sting
August 12,
- Conflicting warnings on old library murals
- Museums Seek to Protect Art Images on Internet
- Dealer says he's unfairly targeted
- Pages in the Annals of Art Theft. Officials Applaud Return Of
Medieval Folios
- High Society Art Broker Accused of Scam
August 7,
- damage to Polish libraries
- Museum's prize painting 'fake'
- Debate Regarding Authenticity of Ancient Egyptian Art
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