Over 100 gold boxes and precious objects stolen from Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon Manor
Offer advertised by an official source
Up to £50,000, subject to specific conditions, for safe recovery of the objects and information leading to the arrest of those concerned. The institution still publishes the offer for its 10 June 2003 gold-box theft. One box was returned and displayed in 2022; the reward concerns the unresolved loss, not that recovered box.
Payment and eligibility are governed by the reward provider’s conditions.Burglars took over 100 gold boxes and other precious objects from the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor on 10 June 2003. This is the original theft report. Later reward information and a partial-return update appear separately in the reward panel.
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