Sent December 1^st, 2009 to All Members & Subscribers

We have just received further details of the netsuke theft in England. It occurred August 14, 2009, from Amelie & Melanie Japanese Antiques & Art, in Bristol, Gloucestershire, a county in South West England, about 172 km or 107 miles from London, and it happened at Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire while they were at an antique fair.

You can look at the pictures on their website: www.amelieandmelanie.com “Pretty much all of the netsuke there were taken [about 34 ivory netsuke] and the okimono list is as follows: RP2, 4773, 4612, 4988, 4086, 4201, 4354.”

If you have information, please contact Melanie (Mel) Caswell at amelieandmelanie@hotmail.com
Telephone: 0117-3309090, Mobile: 07885-365466, 07971-978132, and let me know as well.

Norman L. Sandfield INS Constant Contact Email Blast Coordinator