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As part of his plea, Mr Gavin admitted that he stole an antique rifle, crafted by a master gunsmith in 1775, from the Valley Forge State Park Museum in 1971.

On October 2017, a surviving example of a Confederate Whitworth rifle sold at auction in America for $161,000 (£122,900).” Keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, or follow us ...

As part of his plea, Mr Gavin admitted that he stole an antique rifle, crafted by a master gunsmith in 1775, from the Valley Forge State Park Museum in 1971.

After a crime spree spanning decades, antique thief Thomas Gavin had just one explanation for his museum heists: he likes "collecting" old things. Mr Gavin, 78, has now been sentenced to one day ...

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A 78-year-old man who confessed to pilfering historic firearms amid a slew of museum heists in the 60s and 70s has been sentenced to jail time. Thomas Gavin targeted nearly a dozen museums up and d… ...

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