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  • Man arrested over Shakespeare theft (Book valued at over $30m stolen ten years ago)

    07/11/2008 10:08:37 AM PDT · by Stoat · 11 replies · 246+ views
    Man arrested over Shakespeare theft     The Shakespeare book is worth an estimated £15m plus     A man has been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a priceless book from Durham University ten years ago. The first folio edition of a collection of the works of William Shakespeare, published in 1623, was one of a number of manuscripts and books stolen from the University library on Palace Green in December 1998. It is believed to be worth at least £15 million. Durham Police were alerted by the British Embassy in the United States, two weeks ago...