Multi-millionaire arrested for stealing from the British Library...
The DailyMail has good article on the recent arrest of Farhad Hakimzadeh, a wealthy London collector. He apparently was tipping unique sheets into his own copies of various tomes and/or just stockpiling the leaves. It appears he cut leaves from at least 150 books from special collections at the British Library. Authorities found "hundreds of pages" at his home.
His crime(s) came to light only after another reader at the BL notified staff that pages appeared to have been cut out. I'm not even going to rant about this. I'm tired and have things to do.
Question: Is it "better" that he was doing this for some personal/misplaced intent to "improve" his personal collection vs. doing it to sell on the secondary market? The psychology is definitely different.
Labels: biblio crime, bookish, news, random bits, sleaze
posted by LuxMentis @ 11:38 AM
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I have to disagree that the psychology is really any different. It's the same sociopathic personality that makes someone decide that their own gratification takes precedence over the need of society to preserve its culture. Book thieves who sell what they steal aren't using the money to feed their starving children or anything. (Or at least I'm not aware of such a case.)
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