The Chatham, Massachusetts police need the help of the public in locating a stolen dolphin weathervane. It was stolen from a private home in Chatham this month. The weathervane is a three dimensional copper dolphin plated in 24K gold, worth about $1000. It is about 40 inches long.
Please contact the Chatham Police Department with any
information at the following numbers:
508-945-1217 or leave an anonymous tip at 508-945-TTIP
(8847)
You may also call the homeowner, Tamara Bazzle, at
404-231-5953 or email tbazzle@comcast.net
This dolphin weathervane has been on the roof of this
private home in Chatham for more than 50 years.
The homeowner contacted me directly because of the Weathervane Wednesday
post of this very same weathervane here on December 4, 2013. One of my readers from the Windham, New
Hampshire Historical Society sent me the original photo you see above. I was glad to post it on my blog, and I
immediately replied to the email by the homeowner to spread the news of the
theft.
Please share this via social
media. I hope she can recover this very
special weathervane.
According to the homeowner, their home was built in 1916 by
Joseph Lincoln, the author of many novels, stories and poems set on Cape
Cod. The architect Howard Rich designed
the weathervane for the house in 1969. It was considered a local Chatham landmark.
Related stories on the stolen weathervane:
Cape Cod Online
Cape Cod Times
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Copyright © 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
OH NO!! Of all you have posted, this was definitely among my top five. I know it was ten years ago, but do you recall anything about the theft? It seems incredible that someone could get up there and remove the vane at speed, or without anyone noticing/becoming suspicious. Was it overnight, or while the owners were away? (The links are no longer accessible.) I hope there is a happy ending to this story ... I will keep scrolling.
ReplyDeleteThis was ten years ago, and the case was never solved. Very sad, but some weathervanes are targets for theft.
DeleteOK. Thanks and sorry. (But I did acknowledge that point.)
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