DARING ROBBERY
: - RUSSIAN ART TREASURES. TAKEN FROM AMERICAN ; ” GALLERY, OBJECTS WORTH 25,000 DOLLARS. United Press Association—Copyright J (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 29. Art treasures valued at 25,000 dollars, once belonging to the Russian Imperial family, have been stolen from the {Schaffer Galleries, Rockefeller centre. The thieves drove up at 5.30 a.m. and daringly hurled a brick through a plate-gla-ss door. They seized about 150 objects before they were scared away by a passer-by. The loot included a gold- and silvermounted Bible once owned by Nicholas 11, a pair of gold and silver champagne coolers once owned by Alexander 11. However, they overlooked eight-carat gold' samovar weighing 541 b and worth 25,000 dollars, formerly owned by Alexander 11.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 43, 30 November 1937, Page 5
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