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Police appeal after van and dealers' stock stolen in Lincolnshire
02 September 2022Lincolnshire police and an antiques dealer are appealing for any information to help track down a stolen van filled with stock.
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News in brief – including two Roman vases stolen in Surrey
08 August 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an appeal from police for information on two Roman vases stolen in Walton-on-Thames.
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A robbery but also robust results as TEFAF kicks off
04 July 2022Thieves hit TEFAF Maastricht last week, entering the venue and smashing a jewellery case on the stand of London’s Symbolic & Chase.
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Thieves attack TEFAF Maastricht fair
28 June 2022Thieves entered the TEFAF Maastricht venue and stole jewellery from dealer Symbolic & Chase by smashing a display case.
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Plea to help find stolen model trains from Lancashire collector
08 June 2022Model railway enthusiast John Holden and the police are calling on the art and antiques sector to look out for a group of stolen model locomotives.
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Farnham antiques centre targeted by thieves
12 May 2022A Farnham antiques centre is hoping to track down items stolen after a break in last week.
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Plea to help find 25 stolen antique carpets after theft in Farnham
06 April 2022The art and antiques sector has been asked to look out for carpets stolen from Farnham Antique Carpets last week.
Police plea for return of stolen medals from Colchester museum
19 March 2022Essex Police and Hollytrees Museum in Colchester are hoping to recover five 19th century medals stolen in a burglary earlier this month.
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Interpol operation seizes nearly 10,000 illicit cultural artefacts
12 March 2022An international police operation coordinated by Interpol has led to the seizure of 9408 antiquities and cultural artefacts including archaeological objects, furniture, coins, paintings, musical instruments and statuettes.
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Plea to help find stolen René Lalique car mascot
03 March 2022A dealer whose René Lalique car mascot was stolen from a fair is offering a reward for its return.
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Plea for help to track down stolen props from The Crown TV series
22 February 2022The antiques trade is being asked to look out for a group of props stolen from the team behind Netflix’s The Crown that were taken from a lorry.
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Post box alert as thieves strike in Suffolk and Norfolk
26 January 2022Royal Mail is on alert after a number of post boxes were stolen in Suffolk and Norfolk in recent weeks with a fear they are being sold online.
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Plea to help track down stolen coins after machete-wielding thieves strike at Solihull fair
18 January 2022A group of coins were stolen from the London & Midland Coin Fairs taking place at the National Motorcycle Museum earlier this month.
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Appeal for stolen Roman marble lamp
22 December 2021A dealership on London’s Pimlico Road is appealing for help to recover a stolen lamp.
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New York collector given lifetime ban after four-year antiquities investigation
13 December 2021One of New York’s most prolific antiquities collectors has surrendered 180 ‘looted’ items from his collection and been barred for life from acquiring antiquities again.
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Major jewellery theft from Partridge saleroom
06 December 2021Police are appealing for information following a theft of more than 400 pieces of jewellery, coins and watches from Adam Partridge Auctioneers.
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Antique jades at large after Bedfordshire criminal case
06 December 2021Chinese and Mughal jades believed to have been stolen more than four years ago are still at large and the family and police have made a plea for information as to their whereabouts.
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Plea to help track down missing Laura Knight drawings
02 December 2021Five drawings by artist Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) were stolen from outside a home near Woodbridge in Suffolk.
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Stolen snuff boxes recovered 42 years on
15 November 2021A group of antique snuff boxes has been recovered after a theft more than 40 years ago.
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Plea for help to trace missing Lucie Rie ceramics
21 October 2021A group of Lucie Rie (1902-95) ceramics bought at auction in 1997 has been stolen from a home in north London.
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