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Thieves stealing England's Bronze statuary
From the NT Times, it was in the Herald Tribune this morning.
Thieves Fond of Heavy Lifting Are Making Off With England's Bronze Sculptures By SARAH LYALL LONDON, Jan. 25 ‹ The stolen works include the enormous ‹ a hulking two-ton sculpture by Henry Moore ‹ and the comparatively modest ‹ a three-foot-long dung beetle by the artist Wendy Taylor. In between, there was a seven-foot lion, a life-size warthog and one of three abstract human figures that make up the sculptor Lynn Chadwick's huge "Three Watchers." ----- go the following for the rest of the article. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/ar...1&pagewanted=p rint *** Comments; If thieves are able to haul away two tons of statuary without being caught, this does not speak well for police services. The article indicates that this is an often committed type of crime. Maybe they should ask for aid from Bush's terrorists chasers who have tapped every telephone in the world. |
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Following up to Earl Evleth :
From the NT Times, it was in the Herald Tribune this morning. Thieves Fond of Heavy Lifting Are Making Off With England's Bronze Sculptures By SARAH LYALL LONDON, Jan. 25 ‹ The stolen works include the enormous ‹ a hulking two-ton sculpture by Henry Moore ‹ and the comparatively modest ‹ a three-foot-long dung beetle by the artist Wendy Taylor. In between, there was a seven-foot lion, a life-size warthog and one of three abstract human figures that make up the sculptor Lynn Chadwick's huge "Three Watchers." ----- go the following for the rest of the article. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/ar...gewanted=print *** Comments; If thieves are able to haul away two tons of statuary without being caught, this does not speak well for police services. The article indicates that this is an often committed type of crime. If planned reasonably well, it only takes a very short time to nick something like that. No-one's going to question the workers if a truck turns up even in the middle of the day and starts loading up. At night when there's no-one around might be more suspicious, but less likely to be seen at all. Mind you, having seen photos of the stolen works of art, all I can say is "thank goodness". The dung beetle's ok. -- Tim C. |
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Earl Evleth wrote:
From the NT Times, it was in the Herald Tribune this morning. Fascinating! This happened three days ago. At least your weather reports tend to be on the same day. Breaking news- thieves stole a Vermeer and Rembrandt from Boston's Gardner Museum in 1991! I may not want to dine next to your dog, but why not let him do the news reports from now on? -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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Des Small wrote:
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) writes: Earl Evleth wrote: From the NT Times, it was in the Herald Tribune this morning. Fascinating! This happened three days ago. To be as fair as is possible, if not especially tempting, that was the latest in a very possibly ongoing string of thefts of bronze statues. Visitors to Europe should certainly be advised not to bring large, valuable bronze statues with them as they may be at risk. Excellent advice- might I also helpfully suggest not taking your Vermeers with you to Boston! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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Tim C. wrote:
Following up to Earl Evleth : From the NT Times, it was in the Herald Tribune this morning. Thieves Fond of Heavy Lifting Are Making Off With England's Bronze Sculptures By SARAH LYALL LONDON, Jan. 25 ‹ The stolen works include the enormous ‹ a hulking two-ton sculpture by Henry Moore ‹ and the comparatively modest ‹ a three-foot-long dung beetle by the artist Wendy Taylor. In between, there was a seven-foot lion, a life-size warthog and one of three abstract human figures that make up the sculptor Lynn Chadwick's huge "Three Watchers." ----- go the following for the rest of the article. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/ar...gewanted=print *** Comments; If thieves are able to haul away two tons of statuary without being caught, this does not speak well for police services. The article indicates that this is an often committed type of crime. If planned reasonably well, it only takes a very short time to nick something like that. No-one's going to question the workers if a truck turns up even in the middle of the day and starts loading up. At night when there's no-one around might be more suspicious, but less likely to be seen at all. Mind you, having seen photos of the stolen works of art, all I can say is "thank goodness". The dung beetle's ok. -- Tim C. It would be interesting to know if they are being stolen for their scrap value - bronze scrap is very valuable - or their artistic merit. If the former, then most likely they will be cut up and melted down in very short time. T. |
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Thieves stealing England's Bronze statuary
On 27/01/06 10:21, in article
1h9tgka.h4r6h4147grasN%this_address_is_for_spam@ya hoo.com, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy" wrote: Fascinating! This happened three days ago. At least your weather reports tend to be on the same day. The current temperature in Paris is affiched at -3.6 °C http://www.meteo-paris.com/pages/ile...arisdirect.htm Thanks for asking ;-) * Breaking news- thieves stole a Vermeer and Rembrandt from Boston's Gardner Museum in 1991! For resale as art, not metal. I may not want to dine next to your dog, but why not let him do the news reports from now on? The Rev Gaston already posts on this group. And these are a "dog's eye view of the news", he is interested in the "dog bites man" angle. I give the human side. Not, David, enough grump for the day, try smiling it won't hurt. |
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Thieves stealing England's Bronze statuary
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:58:07 +0100, Earl Evleth
wrote: LONDON, Jan. 25 ‹ The stolen works include the enormous ‹ a hulking two-ton sculpture by Henry Moore ‹ and the comparatively modest ‹ a three-foot-long dung beetle by the artist Wendy Taylor. In between, there was a seven-foot lion, a life-size warthog and one of three abstract human figures that make up the sculptor Lynn Chadwick's huge "Three Watchers." As long as there are more supervisors than workers, and everyone wears hardhats, they could steal Big Ben and no one would raise an eyebrow. Like walking around a hospital. Wear white, clip on any plastic ID card, carry a clip-board and you can go anywhere. |
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