Pieces stolen from Haida artist Bill Reid's collection at University of B.C.

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Gold items stolen from collection by Haida artist Bill Reid

Photos courtesy UBC Museum of Anthropology
Monday, May 26 - 05:52:00 AM

Katharine Kitts
VANCOUVER (News1130) - The RCMP is expected to release more information today on the theft of twelve Bill Reid pieces from UBC's Museum of Anthropology. The famed artist's widow, Martine, is now insisting a reward be offered.

Both Martine and members of the Bill Reid Foundation say cash may be the only way to keep the items, many of them made of gold, from being melted down and sold. Among the twelve pieces taken was a box made from 50 sheets of gold.

There is still no indication of exactly how thieves managed to nab the art work. The museum insists security is tight. This morning, the loss is still sinking in for those who loved his artwork.

The break-in happened sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning. The display case still sits empty, as a stark reminder the art world is mourning a devastating loss.

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20080526_103435_5304

more at:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/05/25/bc-ubc-museum-heist.html?ref=rss

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(oops, I forgot to add this)

Stolen Treasures - Twelve works by Bill Reid - Gallery

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/photogallery/template.html?dataPath=/photogallery/canada/gallery_1277/xml/gallery_1277.xml

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I changed the title of this thread. No need to reproduce the glaring grammatical error from the headline of the quoted article.