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Thursday, 30 August 2012 19:15

Disgruntled Housekeeper May Have Stolen a Multi-Million Dollar Portrait Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon Bust of Benjamin Franklin Jean-Antoine Houdon Bust of Benjamin Franklin TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

Police in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania have made meager progress in the search for a portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin that was stolen from a home in nearby Bryn Mawr. Also missing is an autographed picture of the German-American composer Victor Herbert, mounted in a shadowbox along with one of his batons and sheet music, valued at $80,000. Though a warrant has been issued for Andrea Lawton, a 44-year-old house-cleaner who was dismissed from her job at a housekeeping service contracted by the sculpture's owners, repeated visits to Lawton's current address have proven ineffectual.

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