Someone stole a 20-foot trailer holding thousands of dollars worth of antiques last week and state police are trying to find whoever committed the brazen crime.
The Capitol Salvage trailer holding $30,000 to $50,000 worth of antiques was taken from Industrial Park West in Tolland around 10:15 a.m. on Friday, according to state police.
The trailer contained an 1883 blue creamery cabinet, a wooden English clothing store mannequin, Grain painted Ohio factor counter (porcelain feet), 76 linear feet of 50-inch high pine paneling (wainscot), a set of four gothic porch piers, two highly decorated folk art carnival wheels. quarter sewn oak RR cabinet, 1940s industrial aviation machinist cabinet, 19th century 12-foot blue sled, two fancy Victorian fretwork gables, 10-foot long multi drawer apothecary, 9-foot-long custom mahogany counter, 14-foot-long zinc topped potting table with three heavy iron legs, more than Victorian corbels, white with finials, marble plant stand and 13-foot-long oak and chestnut bar/table top.
Police said a red Ford extended cab style-pick-up with an 8-foot bed towed the trailer. It had a silver tool box and white lettering on the driver's side door that might say "BROX PROPERTY MANAGEMENT" with unknown Connecticut license plates.
A witness reported seeing the stolen trailer traveling west on Route 30 at 10:15 a.m. on Friday and take a left onto Route 31 and get onto Interstate 84 at Exit 67 in Vernon and headed West toward Hartford.
Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to call Trooper T.K. Merrill at 860-896-3200.
