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The Guardian called him "arguably the world's most consistent art thief". [2] He has also been called "one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived", [3] and "one of the greatest art thieves of all time". [4] His thefts resulted in the destruction of many works of art, destroyed by his family to conceal evidence of ...
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.
John Charles Gilkey (born 1968) [1] is a prolific serial book and document thief who has stolen approximately US$200,000 worth of rare books and manuscripts. [2] Gilkey used Modern Library's List of 100 Best Novels [3] as a guide to what items he would steal. [4]
It details the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and the history of the Star. [12] [13] In 2017, Blanchard, using the name Rick White, [14] with an accomplice, was arrested for stealing PlayStations from a Best Buy in Ontario. [1] [15] [16] In 2023, Blanchard was the focus of the Hulu documentary The Jewel Thief. The documentary chronicled ...
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession is a 2009 non-fiction book by American journalist and author Allison Hoover Bartlett. The book chronicles the crimes of John Charles Gilkey , a book collector who utilized check and credit card fraud to steal a number of rare manuscripts ...
The great book theft (Danish: Det store bogtyveri) was the largest book theft in Danish history. Almost 3,200 works (books and similar), estimated in 2003 to have a value of DKK150-300 million (US$24–48 million), were stolen from the Royal Library in Copenhagen. The perpetrator was an employee at the library who stole the works between 1970 ...
The Pierre hotel robbery was a January 2, 1972 robbery at The Pierre in New York City. The robbery netted $3 million (worth $27 million today), and was organized by Samuel Nalo; Robert "Bobby" Comfort, an associate of the Rochester Crime Family; and Christie "the Tic" Furnari, an associate of the Lucchese Crime Family.