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Re: Bellwood the map thief (and yet another books and prints theft)



This may be a good opportunity to attract your attention to another 
books and print theft matter in Delft, The Netherlands. A curator of 
a museum has been stealing prints and books (and watercolours and 
paintings) from the museum's collection over a period of 6 years. 
Still A LOT of the collection is missing. An (incomplete) list of the 
stolen collection is available at 
http://www.museum-security.org/curator.html 

(first there is a smalll portion of text in Duch. Scrolling down you 
will find a photo of the curator - anybody out there who dealt with 
this man between 1997 - 2002 ? -, and at 
http://www.museum-security.org/ you can see a photo of a severely 
damaged book.

Ton Cremers




> I'm curious to know if Bellwood's recent surrender to police (somebody
> posted a notice to this list), was in connection with a new round of
> thefts, or whether it pertained to his 1996 conviction (a four year
> sentence) for cutting plates out of books (only 439 missing plates out
> of 1,200 stolen were returned, with net damage of $180,000)?
> 
> Kevin
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