US recovers stolen royal books for Sweden
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July 26, 2013, Friday
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TWO rare books stolen from Sweden's National Library have been handed back, after being tracked down in the United States.
New York District Attorney Preet Bharara presented two volumes that originally belonged to the Swedish Royal Family to the library's CEO Gunilla Herdenberg in Manhattan on Wednesday.
"I'm very happy to bring these books back to Sweden and to make them available for the public and for research," Herdenberg said.
The books, which have an estimated combined value of US$100,000, were among at least 56 volumes stolen from the library between 1995 and 2004 by the former head of its manuscript department Anders Burius, who committed suicide shortly after confessing to the thefts in 2004.
They were sold through Hamburg-based German auction house Ketterer Kunst, with 13 going to buyers in the United States.
FBI agents have been tracking down the missing works and last year succeeded in negotiating the return to Sweden of a 415-year-old atlas that was put up for sale at auction in New York in 2011.
New York District Attorney Preet Bharara presented two volumes that originally belonged to the Swedish Royal Family to the library's CEO Gunilla Herdenberg in Manhattan on Wednesday.
"I'm very happy to bring these books back to Sweden and to make them available for the public and for research," Herdenberg said.
The books, which have an estimated combined value of US$100,000, were among at least 56 volumes stolen from the library between 1995 and 2004 by the former head of its manuscript department Anders Burius, who committed suicide shortly after confessing to the thefts in 2004.
They were sold through Hamburg-based German auction house Ketterer Kunst, with 13 going to buyers in the United States.
FBI agents have been tracking down the missing works and last year succeeded in negotiating the return to Sweden of a 415-year-old atlas that was put up for sale at auction in New York in 2011.
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