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TORONTO, Jan 24, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Officials at Toronto's Bata Shoe Museum say whoever stole a priceless pair of 19th-century shoes made for a prince in India won't get much for them.
The elaborately decorated size 8 shoes went missing from a glass display case sometime Sunday afternoon, museum director Emanuele Lepri told the Globe & Mail.
The shoes were once worn by a Hyderabad prince before the region was amalgamated into India, and are valued at $160,000 for insurance purposes only. Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack said despite all of the diamond and ruby and gold adornments, thieves will have a hard time selling them.
"What the criminals don't realize is that without historic context, (the shoes) have no street value. The diamonds on them are cloudy, they are not properly cut, so they are worthless on the market," she said.
Police were reviewing security video tapes, the report said.
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