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Treasured Catherine the Great pistols found in New York raid
Ivory inlaid hunting pistols once owned by Catherine the Great, valued at 200000 dollars, lay in a police warehouse for a decade. Experts say their makers were Johan Adolph Grecke and Ekaterina’s initials in gold. Authorities seek a rightful owner, with leads tying to the Shah of Iran and Gustav Diderrich. the guns will be loaned to a museum for display.
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NEW York
Catherine the Great
Thomas McCabe
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Johan Adolph Grecke
Russia
Leonid Tarassuk
Ekaterina
Rosemary Carroll
Police Department
McCabe
New York Times
Shah of
Iran
Gustav Diderrich
Widener
Pennsylvania
Diderrich
Brooklyn Museum
J.A.B. Widener Iti
Arizona
Abercrombie & Fitch
the Shah