Relics stolen

[Barrycdog]

My friend Lee Dowdy just reported half of his relics stolen a few hours ago. He filed a police report. If anyone approaches you selling anything that looks like these please be aware.
Thank You
Barry

https://www.facebook.com/civilwarRelics?fref=photo

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[Allie]

Oh shoot, that's terrible. My father was a lifelong rifle collector and someone stole his collection, I know it's a real kick in the teeth.

A reminder to everyone to please be careful about posting pictures of valuables online... Make sure your security is up to par with what you have, and be aware of how easy it is for someone to figure out who you are and locate your address online. It took me 12 seconds to look at his Facebook about page and locate his home address. There are bad people out there!

 

[diane]

That is very bad. It's so hard to recover any of it, too. My grandmother's baskets were stolen years ago - she had piles of them - and we've recovered about a quarter of them. The basket weaver always puts a 'signature' somewhere in the work. She was a master weaver and old baskets are worth a lot - we'll never recover most of them.

Allie has good advice! A while ago I used to participate in an Admiral Nelson board - about the time of the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar there was a big upswing in value for Nelsonia. Some people were very 'out there' about things they had - some very, very valuable. I was really surprised at that and not so surprised when some of them reported their items stolen!

 

[AndyHall]

Really sorry about that.

 

[judi]

Hope they can recover at least some of the things.

 

[Cumpston1862]

Some offenses are still worthy of a good ole fashioned tar and featherin. And this is one of them.

 

[Barrycdog]

They got just what was on this table. Seems the relics he had in display cases was not taken. He has filed a police report and is turning it in on homeowners insurance.

 

[screnshaw]

Darn. What a shame. At the very least I hope the thief appreciates the historical value of what they ripped off.

 

[lelliott19]

They got just what was on this table. Seems the relics he had in display cases was not taken. View attachment 57439

I looked at his FB page and I really hope the Tiffany & Co eagle flag topper was in a case and was not among the items stolen. Makes me so angry. Nothing worse than a thief...especially a stealer of history.

 

[Allie]

Really a shame that generously sharing his hard work with others may have been repaid in such a way. I know insurance can't begin to cover his losses.

It seems hopeful that not everything was cleared out, like maybe this wasn't planned by an expert collector. Hopefully some things will surface so the thief gets caught.

 

[donna]

This is so sad. There are so many breakins lately. They will take anything that can bring money. In our area a huge percentage is by drug addicts. Hope he gets them back.

 

[redbob]

I'm sorry to hear about his loss, but the Dalton, Georgia Relic Show is coming up the first weekend in February and that might be worth looking at.

 

[MRB1863]

Hate to hear of a crime like this. A friend of mine had part of a valuable collection stolen several years ago. Sadly, only a fraction has been recovered. Hope your collection returns home to you, Dowdy. Insurance can not repay the sentiments attached to your items. Best of luck in recovering your history!

 

[ErnieMac]

Hope they catch those responsible. I suspect they knew what they were taking. IMO, not the things a drug addict or regular thief would take.

 

[TinCan]

I'm with ErnieMac, it would be twice as bad if it was found to be an inside job. Hope they get caught.

 

[Barrycdog]

I'm sorry to hear about his loss, but the Dalton, Georgia Relic Show is coming up the first weekend in February and that might be worth looking at.

I am glad you mentioned that.

 

[JerseyBart]

People...are stupid.

 

[bankerpapaw]

What a shame to go to all the time, trouble and money collecting something, then has a lazy, no-good thief steal it all in an eye-blink.

 

[12th Missouri Yankee]

I hope he gets his artifacts back. It must be very upsetting to say the least.

 

[ole]

Just who knew he had this collection? Was he public with it? Or did ony his circle of "friends" know about it?