Baltimore Crime Beat: Accused document thief wants to sell off ...

Barry H. Landau, charged with stealing valuable historical documents from the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and museums in five states, is asking permission from a federal judge to sell some of his assets from his Manhattan apartment, The Sun's Peter Hermann reports.

The items include silver flatware, antique boxes, glass animal figurines and an Andy Warhol print titled "Liz" with an estimated value between $40,000 and $60,000, according to the motion filed by Landau's attorneys in Baltimore.

The court documents say Landau is out of money "necessary to pay his everyday expenses" and that the items he wants to sell are among those left behind by FBI agents who searched his New York apartment twice.

In August, a federal judge allowed Landau to go home pending trial on the charges but ordered him to virtual house arrest in his $2,700-a-month rent-controlled apartment on West 57th Street in Midtown. He had to surrender his passport, is barred from the Internet and cannot contact museums.

The newly filed court documents say that the Warhol print would be turned over to Christie's auction house, and that all proceeds from the sales would be placed in an escrow account controlled by Landau's attorneys.

Read the rest of Peter's story here. Below the jump, a list of items Landau is trying to sell:

-Francesco Scavullo artwork, listed as a "gift from artist."

-Victor Vaserely artwork - purchased

-Salvador Dali print - purchased

-LeRoy Neiman ("3 to 4 pieces") - gift from artist

-Andy Warhol print ("Cow") - Gift from artist

-Andy Warhol print ("Liz") - Gift from artist

-Sterling silver flatware - Gift from mother

-Framed antique prints (i.e. Harper's, Weekly, Leslie's) - majority purchased, others received as gifts

-Collection of letters, photographs and books addressed and inscribed to Barry Landau (political, theatrical, Hollywood) - gifts

-Miscellaneous U.S. political china

Source: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2011/09/accused_document_thief_wants_t.html

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