[CPProt.net] More on recent map thefts (PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ABA)

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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ABA
October 17, 2005

Recent statements, reported in coverage in The Times of map thefts from
libraries, have been contemptuously dismissed by the Antiquarian
Booksellers' 
Association.


New York dealer W.Graham Arader III's suggestion that a large proportion of 
antique maps currently in the marketplace are stolen has been dismissed by 
the President of Britain's Antiquarian Booksellers' Association--the leading

trade association for dealers in old maps, atlases, antiquarian books and 
related material.  Members of the ABA are elected on their reliability and 
reputations and are expected to adhere to strict rules of due diligence when

purchasing material; in fact they are frequently influential in helping the 
authorities trace stolen material.  The same principles apply to the ABA's 
companion Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.

Neither Mr Arader, nor E. Forbes Smiley III, the defendant in question, are 
members of their national Association.

Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Sackville House, 40 Piccadilly, London, W1J 0DR, United Kingdom.
Tel +44 (0) 20 7439 3118  Fax: +44 (0) 20 7439 3119.
www.aba.org.uk   www.ILAB.org