Stolen

Rare books stolen in a ‘Mission: Impossible-style’ raid on a warehouse in west London in 2017 have been returned after a joint operation with Met police officers and Romanian authorities.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a 15th century Chinese vase stolen in Switzerland and valued at around £2.5m being recovered in London by the Met Police.

The owner of an antiques centre has warned others to be vigilant and take extra precautions after being broken into via a sky light.

A family are asking for help from the trade to look out for a stolen rocking horse.

The Metropolitan Police’s Art and Antiques Unit have helped recover three 15th century Indian bronze sculptures after one was identified in the possession of a UK dealer.

A collection of rare books valued at more than £2.5m and stolen from a London warehouse in 2017 has been recovered in Romania.

A Royal Mail post box has been sawn from its mount in a Cotswold village and local police are hoping to trace it.

The family of an elderly lady in a care home in north London is hoping the antiques and jewellery trade may spot three rings that have been stolen.

A group of antique clocks has been reported stolen from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

A collection of cameras, photographs and accessories put together by a private collector for more than 45 years has been stolen from a storage unit in north London.

A Vincent Van Gogh painting from the early part of the artist’s career has been stolen from a museum in the Netherlands.

Police are trying to trace antique jewellery stolen by burglars from Norah’s Antiques in Oxford.

Detectives are appealing for information after five deactivated guns used in James Bond movies were stolen from a residential address in Enfield, North London.

The owner of a painting by Mod Brit artist Terry Frost (1915-2003) is appealing for help after he left it on a train from London to Milton Keynes on January 23.

Three Old Master paintings, including Annibale Carracci’s A Boy Drinking, have been stolen from a museum in Oxford.

The art and antiques trade have been called upon to help locate missing items after a series of incidents.

An early 19th century mahogany bracket clock has been stolen from the shop of dealer Patrick Sandberg on Kensington Church Street.