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June 22nd, 2008, 09:39 AM
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Thieves steal statue from Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park
The Canadian Press
June 21, 2008 at 7:04 PM EDT
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VANCOUVER — The chairwoman of the Vancouver Park Board has no idea why someone would steal a statue from Queen Elizabeth Park.
Staff arrived Friday to find a piece of the bronze statue set called Photo Session missing. The set depicts a family of three posing for a picture at the viewpoint near the Bloedel Conservatory.
Korina Houghton doesn't have a monetary figure for the missing mother figure, but says it definitely has cultural value.
Vancouver police spokesman Constable Tim Fanning says the statue, as well as four brass plaques, could have been stolen for the value of the metal.
When $2-million worth of Haida artist Bill Reid's work was stolen in a daring theft from the University of B.C.'s Museum of anthropology May 24, it was feared the art would be melted down for the value of the gold.
Only two of the 15 pieces stolen in that heist remain missing and three people have been arrested in the case.
“Over the last few years, we've had a massive proliferation of metal theft in Vancouver – in fact in the whole Lower Mainland – to the point of ridiculous,” Constable Fanning says.
“It's just absolutely terrible that people would go out and steal this, we believe, to sell for scrap metal to get cash.”
Constable Fanning said several years ago, the cost of metal was so high that scrap metal dealers were accepting anything.
It led to the theft of everything from street signs to fire-hose nozzles.
Constable Fanning says officers are canvassing the area around the park to see whether the removal of the statue was caught on video.
“It's possible it was going down the street in a shopping cart,” he says. ”I really can't see this being easy to get rid of.
“This is a really hot item right now.”
Source: The Canadian Press
Thieves steal statue from Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park
The Canadian Press
June 21, 2008 at 7:04 PM EDT
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/29729689_bbb498c059.jpg
VANCOUVER — The chairwoman of the Vancouver Park Board has no idea why someone would steal a statue from Queen Elizabeth Park.
Staff arrived Friday to find a piece of the bronze statue set called Photo Session missing. The set depicts a family of three posing for a picture at the viewpoint near the Bloedel Conservatory.
Korina Houghton doesn't have a monetary figure for the missing mother figure, but says it definitely has cultural value.
Vancouver police spokesman Constable Tim Fanning says the statue, as well as four brass plaques, could have been stolen for the value of the metal.
When $2-million worth of Haida artist Bill Reid's work was stolen in a daring theft from the University of B.C.'s Museum of anthropology May 24, it was feared the art would be melted down for the value of the gold.
Only two of the 15 pieces stolen in that heist remain missing and three people have been arrested in the case.
“Over the last few years, we've had a massive proliferation of metal theft in Vancouver – in fact in the whole Lower Mainland – to the point of ridiculous,” Constable Fanning says.
“It's just absolutely terrible that people would go out and steal this, we believe, to sell for scrap metal to get cash.”
Constable Fanning said several years ago, the cost of metal was so high that scrap metal dealers were accepting anything.
It led to the theft of everything from street signs to fire-hose nozzles.
Constable Fanning says officers are canvassing the area around the park to see whether the removal of the statue was caught on video.
“It's possible it was going down the street in a shopping cart,” he says. ”I really can't see this being easy to get rid of.
“This is a really hot item right now.”
Source: The Canadian Press