Fake Prince Swipes Rockefeller Antiques

Friday October 18, 2013

By Susan Finch

A Michigan man named Josef Meyers posed as the faux Prince Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen of Austria. He sweet-talked the late Barbara Rockefeller into letting him hang-out in her $25 million dollar Manhattan home and stole $80,000 worth of antiques. Meyers-von-Hasburg-Lothrigen must have been a savvy con-man. He stayed at the Rockefeller home for months and took over many of Barbara's affairs. Now he's in court as her daughter-in-law fights to get back the stolen goods. If you're looking for your own $80,000 antiques around Atlanta, check out our list of shopping areas.

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