Conservator Steals a Frame He Already Fixed: The Ditch on Route 9
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Conservator Steals a Frame He Already Fixed: The Ditch on Route 9
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A gilded early-eighteenth-century Flemish frame - carved acanthus border, dark red bole ground, roughly 24 by 30 inches - turned up in a roadside ditch after a collector reported it missing from his parlor; who would restore a frame and then take it back through a county road? What did the refinished cleat holes and a conservator's receipt reveal about the theft?
In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the grader blade on Route Nine to the insurance investigator's detailed notes and the restorers' workshop, tracing evidence that links a documented restoration to a disappearance and a roadside recovery. How did the paperwork, photographs, and subtle workmanship clues point to a single shop and a single person?
Person: Dennis Ware
Date: August 2, 2011 (theft reported)
Location: Crestfield (collector's home)
Person: Karen Ramsey
Person: Ralph West
- The frame measured roughly 24 by 30 inches and had a carved acanthus border with dark red bole ground visible where gilding chipped.
- Aldgate Indemnity issued a policy covering the frame and its canvas for $94,000 ($60,000 for the frame, $34,000 for the canvas).
- Dennis Ware reported only the frame missing on August 2, 2011; no window broken and no other items disturbed in the room.
- A receipt from Pellerin & Sons dated 19 months before the theft described work on "frame only" with a charge of $420, dated three months before the insurer issued the policy.
- The frame retrieved from the ditch showed screw holes for a French cleat filled, sanded, and refinished in a slightly different amber shellac, indicating deliberate, knowledgeable alteration.
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