Agostino von hassell fraud
Agostino von hassell fraud
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German aristocrat Agostino von Hassell loses $30, desk on which Hitler's assassination was plotted after forgetting to pay storage bill
A scion of one of Germany's most illustrious dynasties has lost centuries of family heirlooms after he forgot to pay the bill on a cheap New York lock-up.
Christian Agostino von Hassell, 70, had hoped to pass them to his daughter but has been reduced to scouring online auction sites for the lost treasure which includes an 18th century writing desk on which his grandfather plotted the assassination of Adolf Hitler, according to The New York Times.
The desk, suits of armor, and oil paintings of his ancestors were among hundreds of priceless items he had stored for $ per year at the Extra Space Storage facility on Wyckoff Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens.
The troves of priceless artefacts were moved into storage after he decided they were too many for his studio apartment on Sutton Place in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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