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An Israeli museum has recovered dozens of European antique clocks stolen more than two decades ago, including a pocket-watch made for French Queen Marie Antoinette.
Jerusalem's L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art said thieves stole some 100 clocks and watches from its 200-piece collection in 1983. The collection included some of the world most valuable time pieces, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries
The museum last year received a call from a Tel Aviv watchmaker who had recognized the stolen clocks in a 40-piece collection that a British woman had inherited from her husband and wanted valuing.
After more than a year of negotiations, the woman agreed to hand back the clocks and watches to the museum in exchange for a nominal fee. The museum, which pledged to keep her identity secret, is restoring them before a possible exhibition in 2008.
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Glad most of that stolen clocks that was taken decades ago finally got recovered.
Jerusalem's L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art said thieves stole some 100 clocks and watches from its 200-piece collection in 1983. The collection included some of the world most valuable time pieces, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries
The museum last year received a call from a Tel Aviv watchmaker who had recognized the stolen clocks in a 40-piece collection that a British woman had inherited from her husband and wanted valuing.
After more than a year of negotiations, the woman agreed to hand back the clocks and watches to the museum in exchange for a nominal fee. The museum, which pledged to keep her identity secret, is restoring them before a possible exhibition in 2008.
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Glad most of that stolen clocks that was taken decades ago finally got recovered.