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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 ...
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 [1] in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa.After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $12M in 2023), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.
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 ...
TeachingBooks.net is an website containing children's books, young adult literature, and information on their authors.The site contains educational materials and programs (short movies, audiobook readings, book discussion guides) that add a multimedia dimension to reading.
The Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century", [1] was the largest ever diamond heist and one of the largest robberies in history. Thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, silver and other types of jewelry valued at more than $100 million. [2] [3] It took place in Antwerp, Belgium, during the weekend of 15–16 February 2003. Though ...
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 ...
Scott was a participant on the 2004 Channel 4 programme The Heist, in which staged robberies were carried out. [2] Scott was also the subject of an award-winning short documentary, My Friend the Thief, made by Roland Hutchison. [2] At the end of his life, Scott drove an old Mercedes-Benz car, a gift from the son of London gangster Billy Hill. [2]