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Article: THIEVES STEAL VLAD THE IMPALER'S RING HEADLESS TORSO FOUND NEAR CLOISTERS CREE, INUIT PROTEST GREAT WHALE DAMS.(Local)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 5, 1990
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Byline: Associated Press United Press International Associated Press
A $4 million art theft netted a ring that its owner says belonged to the family of Vlad the Impaler, the Eastern European prince who inspired the vampire legend of Count Dracula, Newsday reported.
Two men beat up and handcuffed artist-historian Vlaicu Ionescu, 67, in his apartment in Queens, and took his collection of paintings. They also took documentation on the paintings, leading police to believe that the robbery's masterminds knew what they were doing, Newsday reported Sunday.
Ionescu, who fled his native Romania more than 20 years ago, said the most valuable work stolen ...