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jAxAs
May 14, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/14/95
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SEOUL, May 14 (Reuter) - Two jobless men cut up four
sculptures on a Seoul university campus with an acetylene torch
and sold the metal to a junk dealer, saying later they mistook
them for scrap iron, news reports said on Sunday.
The two 39-year-olds were charged with burglary but not
detained after selling the sculptures, which Sangmyung Women's
University said were worth $45,000, for just $27, the Korea
Times quoted police as saying.
It said the two loaded the pieces weighing a total of 230 kg
(500 pounds) onto a one-ton truck after cutting them up early on
Thursday evening.
``I can hardly believe these were artistic works,'' one of
the men was quoted as telling police. ``I thought the school
authorities were too lazy to dispose of them.''
A police officer said the two were not taken into custody
because the university did not want them punished and because
the police department also had difficulty judging that the
sculptures were artistic works.
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Another note.
Did anyone else see Louis Ruykeser and Wall Street Week ?
He was crediting the art auctions of the past week and specifically
the record setting Picasso sale as spurring the stock market to
new heights. The market hasn't had a losing session since the
announcement of the Picasso sale.
Jaxas--unconventional but beautiful.
William Smith
May 14, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/14/95
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jAxAs,an...@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu,Internet said:
SEOUL, May 14 (Reuter) - Two jobless men cut up four
sculptures on a Seoul university campus with an acetylene torch
and sold the metal to a junk dealer, saying later they mistook
them for scrap iron, news reports said on Sunday.
The two 39-year-olds were charged with burglary but not
detained after selling the sculptures, which Sangmyung Women's
University said were worth $45,000, for just $27, the Korea
Times quoted police as saying.
It said the two loaded the pieces weighing a total of 230 kg
(500 pounds) onto a one-ton truck after cutting them up early on
Thursday evening.
``I can hardly believe these were artistic works,'' one of
the men was quoted as telling police. ``I thought the school
authorities were too lazy to dispose of them.''
A police officer said the two were not taken into custody
because the university did not want them punished and because
the police department also had difficulty judging that the
sculptures were artistic works.<<<
________________________________________________SEOUL, May 14 (Reuter) - Two jobless men cut up four
sculptures on a Seoul university campus with an acetylene torch
and sold the metal to a junk dealer, saying later they mistook
them for scrap iron, news reports said on Sunday.
The two 39-year-olds were charged with burglary but not
detained after selling the sculptures, which Sangmyung Women's
University said were worth $45,000, for just $27, the Korea
Times quoted police as saying.
It said the two loaded the pieces weighing a total of 230 kg
(500 pounds) onto a one-ton truck after cutting them up early on
Thursday evening.
``I can hardly believe these were artistic works,'' one of
the men was quoted as telling police. ``I thought the school
authorities were too lazy to dispose of them.''
A police officer said the two were not taken into custody
because the university did not want them punished and because
the police department also had difficulty judging that the
sculptures were artistic works.<<<
For what it is worth this story appears every year or so - I believe
it falls into the catagory of a urban legend.
william
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