» $2M worth of stolen rare books have been returned to the Whitney family.

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And it only took 37 years. Earlier today, the Manhattan DA’s office announced that it will formally return 17 stolen books to their rightful owners: the Whitneys. And yes, I do mean those Whitneys. The rare books in question were lifted from the family compound nearly 40 years ago, and originally belonged to Helen Hay […]


The curious case of the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue. ‹

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February 14, 2025, 1:57pm The great F. Scott Fitzgerald has been stolen. Lifted. Carried away. I should clarify; not the man himself. For all we know, the novelist’s cremains are still safe and sound at his final resting place in a Rockville cemetery. It’s a simulacrum we have to worry about. A statue of the […]