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From: Sean_Q_ on 4 Jan 2010 22:40 ..p.jm.(a)see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote: > 4-ton statue stolen from Utah motorcycle shop I can't help noticing that Bryan's being awful quiet on this topic. SQ
From: BrianNZ on 5 Jan 2010 00:29 ..p.jm.(a)see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote: > 4-ton statue stolen from Utah motorcycle shop > > Posted: 35 minutes ago > Updated: 34 minutes ago > > LINDON, Utah � Police said thieves must've used heavy equipment to > make off with a 4-ton statue mounted outside a Utah motorcycle shop. > Lindon Police Chief Cody Cullimore said a back-hoe or a crane likely > was required to move the $100,000 sculpture depicting an old-time > speed racer. Employees discovered it was missing from the Timpanogos > Harley-Davidson store in Lindon, where it had been erected two years > ago. > > Store manager Kandi Zamora said the granite block on which it was > mounted also was missing. > > --- > > > 4-ton!! You'll need more than a ute. You'll need a truck!!
From: Eiron on 5 Jan 2010 01:36 Twibil wrote: > On Jan 4, 5:03 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: >> >> They should probably check local pawn shops. > > If it was good art, they should check the homes/private gallerys of > art collectors, as there are gangs of art theives who steal pre- > selected -and very expensive- works of art on comission. Friend of > mine had just hung her $20,000 painting of the Grand Canyon in a > *very* upscale L.A. art gallery, and it went missing after being there > only 24 hours. > > The place had incredible security -all of which had been very > professionally bypassed- and nothing else had been touched. Tthe > painting was covered by insurance, so my friend didn't lose a dime, > but whoever commissioned the theft probably paid about half what they > would have had they bought the painting from the gallery. You can get a very professional theft done in less than 24 hours, for ten thousand dollars? Those poor professional criminals must be going broke. -- Eiron.
From: The Older Gentleman on 5 Jan 2010 02:13 Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 4, 5:03 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > They should probably check local pawn shops. > > If it was good art, they should check the homes/private gallerys of > art collectors, If it was a statue, it's probably been melted down for scrap. A Barbara Hepworth went missing on this side of the Pond not long ago, and that was what Plod reckoned had happened to it. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: 83LowRider on 5 Jan 2010 07:46
"Tom Duwe" wrote > Finally spotted a pic of that statue on their site in the gallery at > > http://www.timpanogosharleygallery.com/ If anyone goes looking, it's the last picture under the tab H-D EVENTS 2008. Bill in Johnson City. <hi tom> |