US recovers stolen royal books for Sweden
Source: AFP |
July 26, 2013, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
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.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
