Seventeen rare and extremely valuable books have been restored to the John Hay Whitney estate in Long Island after they vanished in the 1980s.
The books that were stolen from the home belonging to philanthropists John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney included titles by John Keats, Oscar Wilde, and James Joyce, Fox 5 reported Monday.
When someone tried to sell them in early 2025 to Manhattan rare book dealers, the items were flagged on the Art Loss Register and police were alerted to the finds.
An image showed some of the recovered titles displayed on a table:
Officials seized the books pursuant to search warrants and a judge authorized they be…
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