[HN Gopher] He steals them, of course
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       He steals them, of course
        
       Author : Caiero
       Score  : 101 points
       Date   : 2023-12-10 16:02 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | cbfrench wrote:
       | When I took a bibliography seminar in grad school, the Wise
       | Forgeries were one of my favorite topics. The discovery of the
       | forgeries by Carter and Pollard and the discovery of the thefts
       | by Foxon are true landmarks in bibliography. It's worth hunting
       | up a copy of Carter and Pollard's "An Enquiry into the Nature of
       | Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets" and Carter's _Thomas J.
       | Wise and His Forgeries_ , both of which are surprisingly
       | thrilling reading.
        
       | jrmg wrote:
       | If you like this story, there's a more modern cousin of it: in
       | the 90s, a map 'dealer' named Gilbert Bland stole hundreds of
       | centuries-old maps from museums before he was caught.
       | 
       | The full story is in the book "The Island of Lost Maps":
       | 
       | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-island-of-lo...
       | 
       | https://m.alibris.com/The-Island-of-Lost-Maps-A-True-Story-o...
        
         | jrmg wrote:
         | Oh and also, this "This American Life" episode, "The Feather
         | Heist," where "A flute player breaks into a British museum and
         | makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds."
         | 
         | https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist
        
           | mauvehaus wrote:
           | I hate to say it, but having read the book that episode is
           | based on, you can pretty safely pass on the book. It didn't
           | really add anything that wasn't covered in This American
           | Life. Which is a bummer: I was super excited to read the book
           | and get all the little bits that were edited out for
           | broadcast.
        
       | jtbayly wrote:
       | Warning: page prevents back button from working.
        
         | michaelcampbell wrote:
         | The link at the top of the HN page opened a new tab for me, so
         | there was no "back" to go to.
        
       | B1FF_PSUVM wrote:
       | It occasionally gives me pause for thought that books - means of
       | preserving words, thoughts, stories - gained, like paintings and
       | other artworks, such relevance beyond their appointed task.
        
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