A bronze sculpture worth £500,000 stolen from the former home of British artist and sculptor Henry Moore has been recovered by detectives after a televised appeal for information.
The Sundial, created by Moore in 1965 as a working model for a larger sculpture, was found at an undisclosed location after an inquiry by Hertfordshire Police led to the arrest of three men on suspicion of theft. ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177140/Stolen-bronze-Henry-Moore-sculpture-worth-500-000-recovered-following-TV-appeal.html Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2012, at 8:20 AM, JOHN DAVIS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josef et al, > > > > Thanks for that link. The theft of the sundial made yesterdays TV news here > in East Anglia - perhaps the first time a sundial has featured there (and for > all the wrong reasons...). > > > > It is worth pointing out that the dial which was stolen was a small-scale > replica of the large dial which was at The Times and has recently been > installed in Germany. It was only about 1 metre high, so you may guess what > the full-size version might be worth. > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > ------------------------------------------ > > Dr J Davis > Flowton Dials > > --- On Fri, 13/7/12, Josef Pastor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Josef Pastor <[email protected]> > Subject: Moore Sundial stolen > To: "'Sonnenuhrliste Uni Köln'" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 13 July, 2012, 16:11 > > Dear Dialists, > > Henry Moore´s "Sundial 1965" has been stolen from Perry Green, > Hertfordshire, on Tuesday evening or in the early hours of Wednesday > morning. The details have the News agency Reuters: > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/13/us-britain-statue-moore-idUSBRE86C > 0HX20120713?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt > > Best regards > Josef Pastor > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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