Re: Lost tiara of Duchess of Argyll returned to owner after 6 years Archived Message
Posted by Martina  on June 18, 2012, 1:58 pm, in reply to "Lost tiara of Duchess of Argyll returned to owner after 6 years "
Amazing, how carlessly they handle their customer's luggage!
Here is another article about it. They have another pic of the Duchess, with another tiara.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160926/Airport-finds-Duchesss-100-000-jewellery--sells-fraction-value-didnt-tell-police.html#ixzz1yAKXe9HQ
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: Airport sells off Duchess's lost diamond tiara
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: The Duchess of Argyll, who lost five pieces
: of jewellery including a diamond tiara at
: Glasgow Airport, spotted one of them in an
: auction catalogue after BAA sold it off, it
: was reported.
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: The Duchess lost a Victorian headpiece and a
: Cartier brooch along with three other pieces
: worth a total of £100,000 in 2006. The items
: went missing as she returned to Clan
: Campbell's ancestral home, Inveraray Castle.
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: Despite reporting the loss to the police and
: informing the Art Loss Register (ALR), they
: could not be traced until the Duchess, 68,
: saw her missing brooch in a catalogue for
: Scottish auction house Lyon and Turnbull,
: the Independent reported.
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: After the ALR investigated, it emerged the
: airport's owner, BAA, had found the
: jewellery just months after it went missing
: and sold it to a diamond merchant for less
: than £5,000. The proceeds were given to
: charity.
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: Christopher Marinello, ALR lawyer, said:
: "Apparently, the airport found the
: jewels or they were turned in to 'lost and
: found' by someone.
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: "The question remains: what did they do
: to help find the owner? They didn't call the
: police even though the airport police had a
: record of the theft. They didn't call ALR.
: The only thing they did was sell them."
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: BAA has reportedly offered to reimburse the
: trader to have the tiara, brooch and a pearl
: necklace returned but an emerald ring and
: pearl earrings are still missing.
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: "I'm absolutely amazed. I thought that
: after six years I'd lost them forever,"
: the Duchess said. "The tiara was a
: Victorian family one and the necklace was
: given to me for my 21st birthday. So
: everything was very special."
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: A BAA spokesman said the authority would be
: reviewing its procedures.
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: Gavin Strang, L&T director, said he was
: "delighted" that the jewellery was
: being returned to its "rightful
: owner".
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: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9338449/Airport-sells-off-Duchesss-lost-diamond-tiara.html
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