Art Crime
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Still Missing. . .Jeweled Dagger and Scabbard Gifted to President Truman
Read more: Still Missing. . .Jeweled Dagger and Scabbard Gifted to President TrumanOver forty-five years ago, on March 4, 1978, priceless ceremonial swords and daggers given as gifts to President Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United States, while he […]
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Still Missing. . .1776 & 1758 Powder Horns
Read more: Still Missing. . .1776 & 1758 Powder HornsOver fifty-three years ago, in June 1971, more than 30 historical firearms and other artifacts, including two engraved powder horns from 1776 and 1758, were stolen from the Old Stone […]
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Still Missing. . .Two Wilhelm Schimmel Eagles
Read more: Still Missing. . .Two Wilhelm Schimmel EaglesOver forty-five years ago, in the winter of 1979, two very similar pieces of American folk art – wooden eagles with spread wings carved by Wilhelm Schimmel in the late […]
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Protecting Our Cultural Heritage: A Call to Action for Congress
Read more: Protecting Our Cultural Heritage: A Call to Action for CongressIn recent years, a troubling trend has emerged as climate activists, protestors, and other bad actors have targeted priceless works of art and other cultural objects for damage and destruction. […]
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Still Missing. . .The Washington Flintlock Rifle
Read more: Still Missing. . .The Washington Flintlock RifleThis missing piece of history is a late 18th century Pennsylvania flintlock longarm with a barrel by J. Philpy, a lock by James Golcher, and a patchbox indicating that it […]