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Sent: 11 March 2005 19:00
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Subject: Re: Four men plead not guilty in theft of rare books
I gather that Transylvania University Library doesn't have a
rare books collection or some sort of special arrangments for
rare volumes
- that they go out on loan like any old mass printed copies
of Michel Foucault's works?
Pardon my cyncism - but people and libraries with rare books
ought to give them Some sort of protection. i don't have much
sympathy for the library that complains that its Darwin was
pinched, but where was Darwin... loose in the stacks?
It's irresponsible for a library to assume the regular
library user is going to know or care about rare volumes;
those volumes ought to be offered some sort of special
housing or the library is doubly irresponsible in thinking
that ordinary storage and lending conditions, not only the
risks inherent in the stacks, will be enough to preserve rare
volumes, illuminated manuscripts and original Audubon pencil
sketches.
fran sendbuehler
>Four men plead not guilty in theft of rare books
>
>Associated Press
>
>
>LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four men have pleaded not guilty to charges
that they
>stole rare books from the Transylvania University library.
>
>Warren C. Lipka, Spencer W. Reinhard, Charles T. Allen II
and Eric J.
>Borsuk entered the pleas Thursday in federal court. The
Lexington men,
>all 20, were arrested Feb. 11 and were indicted by a grand
jury earlier
>this month. They are charged with robbery, conspiracy and
theft of major artworks.
>
>If convicted, each could face 75 years in prison, a $1.25
million fine
>and
>15 years of supervised release.
>
>U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman set a May 16 trial date for the
>men, but attorneys for Lipka and Borsuk said they thought a
deal with
>federal prosecutors could be reached before then. Attorneys
for Allen
>and Reinhard declined comment.
>
>Transylvania is a private school with about 1,100 students.
Its library
>contains numerous rare volumes.
>
>The men are accused of taking several items from the library on Dec.
>16, including a first edition of Charles Darwin's book, "The
Origin of
>Species by Means of Natural Selection," which was published
in 1859 and
>in which he first discussed his theory of evolution.
>
>Also taken were a two-volume natural history published in
the 1500s, a
>collection of 20 pencil sketches by John James Audubon done in the
>1850s and an illuminated manuscript written in 1425 and hand
painted in color.
>
>The men traveled to New York two days after the theft,
according to the
>federal indictment, and unsuccessfully tried to sell the
stolen goods
>to Christie's auction house on Dec. 21.
>
> http://www.kentucky.com
>
>
>
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