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The Missing Books Register, established by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers in 2012 as the Stolen Books Database, is a registry of valuable and/or historically significant books that allows libraries and antiquarian book dealers to track purloined or missing materials. [1] It tracks works stolen or lost after 15 June 2010. [2]
The great book theft (Danish: Det store bogtyveri) was the largest book theft in Danish history. Almost 3,200 works (books and similar), estimated in 2003 to have a value of DKK150-300 million (US$24–48 million), were stolen from the Royal Library in Copenhagen. The perpetrator was an employee at the library who stole the works between 1970 ...
John Charles Gilkey (born 1968) [1] is a prolific serial book and document thief who has stolen approximately US$200,000 worth of rare books and manuscripts. [2] Gilkey used Modern Library's List of 100 Best Novels [3] as a guide to what items he would steal. [4]
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 [1] in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa.After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $12M in 2023), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.
On "Pawn Stars," owner Rick Harrison was offered one of the most expensive books that'd ever been in the shop: The Book of Mormon. The appraiser said, "Rick, this by far the most valuable book you ...
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Owners of small, independent book stores find shoplifting particularly bothersome. According to Paul Constant, a Seattle book-store employee, "I know a few booksellers who have literally been driven a little bit crazy at the thought of their inventory evaporating out the door, and with good reason: An overabundance of shoplifters can put bookstores out of business.
These are the vehicles stolen the most in Oklahoma in 2022, with the make and model and number of thefts for the year: Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size): 1,150. Ford Pickup (Full Size): 873.