Gloucestershire auctioneers Dominic Winter are offering a reward for information leading to the return of 42 lots which were stolen in a smash-and-grab raid on their South Cerney premises.
The thieves forced the security grills at the saleroom at around
10pm on February 6, the night before their most recent sale. They
then entered the building and broke into two locked cabinets,
taking mostly Chinese jade, works of art and silver.
It is believed they may have attended the auction viewing in
order to target what items to steal.
The combined estimated value of the objects stolen was around
£30,000 and among them was a rare Ming Dynasty greenish-white jade
finial which had been estimated at £2000-3000 for the sale.
A
full list of the stolen items can be found on the Dominic Winter
website.
Anyone with information should contact either Dominic Winter on
01285 860006 or Gloucestershire Police on 101 (quoting incident no.
453).
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