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Asprey clock

Clock worth hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from antiques dealer at Chicago show

24 May 2017

US police and a New Orleans dealer have appealed to the trade to help find a stolen Asprey & Co clock.

Bath

Police appeal for help to find bronze sculptures stolen from Bath antiques dealer

23 May 2017

Police are appealing to the trade to help find a number of bronze statues that were stolen from an antiques dealer in Bath.

JK Rowling

JK Rowling joins police appeal to find stolen Harry Potter prequel

12 May 2017

JK Rowling and the West Midlands Police have issued an appeal to find a stolen handwritten Harry Potter prequel.

Ana Rocha pre-theft

WATCH: Birmingham antique jewellery gallery hit by theft

11 May 2017

Thieves made away with £600,000 of antiques during a raid on a gallery in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.

Stefani Antiques

Police appeal to trade to be alert for stolen goods after theft at Liverpool dealer Stefani Antiques

05 May 2017

More than one hundred antiques, including a significant amount of jewellery, were stolen from a Liverpool dealer.

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‘All risk’ insurance won’t cover Dutch theft

10 April 2017

An audacious robbery in Amsterdam has left a dealer without insurance cover for the theft of more than 250 Asian works of art.

Scarlet ibis stolen in taxidermy raid

Taxidermy burglar sentenced after recovery of van full of stuffed animals

05 April 2017

A member of a gang which stole taxidermy from a well-known dealer a year ago, has been sentenced.

Kvosh stolen

Russian kovsh stolen from Lancashire art and antiques dealer

09 March 2017

A Lancashire art and antiques dealership is appealing for help to track down a stolen antique Russian drinking vessel.

Mary Potter

Police appeal for information on stolen Mary Potter painting

16 February 2017

Police are appealing for information after a painting by British artist Mary Potter was stolen at a recent fair in London.

Pension thief

Pensioner jailed for London art gallery thefts

14 February 2017

A pensioner thief has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment after a series of art thefts.

Book

Rare book trade hit by shocking £2m theft

13 February 2017

The antiquarian book trade has suffered one of its biggest-ever thefts after an audacious robbery in west London.

Museum of Modern Art Paris

French dealer claims he destroyed $100m of paintings from 'Spider-Man' art theft

01 February 2017

A co-defendant of the accused art thief known as 'Spider-Man' told a court room in France he had destroyed five paintings worth more than $100m.

Petworth stolen

Petworth antiques dealer's appeal over shop theft

27 January 2017

Petworth dealer Tony Wilkinson is calling on the trade to help him track down a pair of stolen Regency lustres.

Ceri Richards

Man charged in north London gallery theft

20 January 2017

A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a painting by Welsh modern artist Ceri Richards from Belsize Park gallery Sylvester Fine Art and will be tried later this month.

Gold ring

Surrey Police call on antiques trade to help track down stolen Victorian ring

10 January 2017

Police are appealing to the antiques trade to look out for a rose gold Victorian ring that was among a collection of jewellery stolen from a home in Godalming, Surrey.

Polesden Lacey House

Appeal for information after items stolen from National Trust property in Surrey

24 November 2016

Police are appealing for information following a theft at Polesden Lacey House, a National Trust property in Surrey.

Mel Draisey

Musician in plea for stolen violin

18 October 2016

A London-based musician’s equipment, including an antique violin, has been stolen and she is calling on the trade to help her find it.

Drouot

Drouot affair “belongs in the past", says French auctioneer body

09 September 2016

The sentencing of former porters and auctioneers in Paris this week for the organised theft of thousands of artworks means the affair “belongs in the past”, the head of France’s auctioneering body told ATG.

Silver stolen from Blockley Church

Police appeal for information following silver theft from Gloucestershire church

19 August 2016

Police are appealing for help following the theft of £10,000 worth of silver from a church in Blockley, near Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire.

Galeon Hone stained glass from Withcote Chapel

‘Irreplaceable’ Tudor stained glass stolen from Leicestershire chapel

12 August 2016

A Tudor stained glass panel attributed to Galeon Hone, glazier to King Henry VIII, has been stolen from the 16th-century Withcote Chapel, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire.