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A fact from Moe's Books appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2016 two thieves stole $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell some of them to Moe's Books nearby?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 2016, two thieves stole a van filled with $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell first editions of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy to Moe's Books nearby?

Source: He’s been in the book dealing business for more than 15 years, but Lawrence Van De Carr said he’d never come across such a jewel of a title: a mint copy of Isaac Asimov’s 1950 classic “I, Robot” valued at $8,500.

That novel, once a prized possession of Van De Carr’s, is now gone, along with around 400 of his other books worth well over $350,000. Someone stole his van while it was parked outside a friend’s Oakland home this week.

Joshua Anderson, 30, went to Moe’s Books in Berkeley shortly after the bookseller’ association sent out an alert. He and an alleged accomplice had four books, valued around $14,000, that they were trying to sell, said John Wong, manager at the store.

Among the classic first-editions they were trying to deal were “A Hornbook for Witches: Poems of Fantasy” by Leah Bodine Drake, one of only 563 known copies; “No Country for Old Men” by McCarthy, “Always Comes Evening” by Robert E. Howard, and “Pylon” by William Faulkner.

Source: SFGate (https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Van-filled-with-350-000-rare-books-stolen-in-6843521.php)

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Converted from a redirect by Phibeatrice (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Phibeatrice (talk) 23:41, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I'll review this. Thriley (talk) 18:18, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Thriley: It's been almost a week since you said you were going to review this, are you still planning on doing so? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:41, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article created 3 November. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. It is a bit long, but does not exceed length requirements. QPQ is not needed. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 21:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]