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Close-up view of the front and exposed engine of a 1930 Pierce-Arrow five-passenger sedan, with its Art Deco archer hood ornament intact. The car was sold for $80,000 on the hammer by RM Auctions on March 8, 2008. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and RM Auctions.

Pricey hood ornament swiped from vintage car in NY

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Close-up view of the front and exposed engine of a 1930 Pierce-Arrow five-passenger sedan, with its Art Deco archer hood ornament intact. The car was sold for $80,000 on the hammer by RM Auctions on March 8, 2008. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and RM Auctions.
Close-up view of the front and exposed engine of a 1930 Pierce-Arrow five-passenger sedan, with its Art Deco archer hood ornament intact. The car was sold for $80,000 on the hammer by RM Auctions on March 8, 2008. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and RM Auctions.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – That wasn’t just any ordinary hood ornament that got swiped from a car at an upstate New York museum.

Authorities say a hood ornament valued at up to $3,000 was stolen from a 1931 Pierce-Arrow displayed at the Saratoga Springs Automobile Museum in Saratoga Spa State Park. New York State Park Police are investigating.

State parks officials say the ornament was reported missing in early November.

The silver ornament depicts a kneeling archer.

Museum officials say the car from which the ornament was taken was donated by a museum trustee in 2004 and is valued at more than $100,000.

Pierce-Arrows were manufactured in Buffalo from 1903 to 1938.

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