Dozens of articles of the collection stolen

Catherine Montambeault

Thursday, August 3, 2017 16:50

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Thursday, August 3, 2017 23:19

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Inconsolable, a collector in montreal said will be done steal several items valued at it is estimated that more than $ 300 000, in the area Outremont.

Dozens of objects from the Second world War, 17 guitars, vinyl records and comic books rare : Daniel de Varennes goes on to reel off the list of items that have disappeared from the storage space of the building to condos, where it remains, on the street Bates.

“What I had, it was unique things. You can’t replace it… I’m freaking out ! ” launches with discouragement the one who is to list all that he has lost to make an inventory of them to the police.

Several of his neighbours would also be quite a steal, last Sunday, but unlike them, it is not because of the tires or a bike that M. de Varennes was lost.

Reward

On Thursday, the musician also mentioned on Facebook the disappearance of what he held closest to his heart : his guitars. He has also promised to offer $ 5000 to anyone who would give him information leading to the arrest of the criminals.

A few hours later, its publication had been shared more than 1000 times.

“I also put up warnings everywhere on the sites of small ads, he adds. But to see how the robbers were equipped, I’m not sure that they are going to be so idiotic as that. “

According to him, the culprits would not have left any trace of their crime, apart from the padlock cut off of lockers. He therefore suspected that the thieves had access to the building, since a chip is necessary to open the main door.

“It’s been over 15 years that I collected it all,” laments Mr. de Varennes.

Aerosmith

The man says that he owned 17 guitars, for an approximate value of $ 35,000. One of them would have already belonged to the guitarist of Aerosmith, Joe Perry.

“The one that was most expensive was the Gibson Gibson Junior 1956 Sunburst,” he said. There is one on sale for 11 000 $ US on eBay, but mine was a little damaged, so I think that it was worth less. “

A great lover of history, Daniel de Varennes would have also raised several objects of the Second world War, purchased mainly in european markets. It is estimated that this collection was worth $ 200,000 to herself.

“I had at least a helmet all the German divisions “, he notes.

Tintin

Among the multitude of objects he collected, on account of the cards of hockey, dating from 1910 to 1970, a forty vinyl records of the Beatles and the first editions of comics, Tintin and Asterix and Obelix.

The Montreal police confirmed that the storage spaces in a building of the street Bates had been burgled, but the authorities have not yet been notified of the disappearance of such collections.