Vermont man denies theft of Frost writings which sold for US$20,000

Timothy Bernaby was arraigned on grand larceny charges in White River Junction, Vermont, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Frost's grave in Bennington, Vermont, which is marked with the epitaph “I had a lover's quarrel with the world.”

A donor mistakenly dropped off the memorabilia, including Frost's hand-written Christmas cards and other correspondence, to a Listen Community Services thrift store in White River Junction where Bernaby worked, police said.

Bernaby, 42, of Hartland, Vermont, sold the papers for US$20,000, police said. Authorities are investigating the buyer of the documents, who may be linked to an illegal memorabilia-trading network, Detective Michael Tkac said.

The author of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “Mending Wall,” Frost lived much of his life in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is buried in the tiny Vermont graveyard.

Frost memorabilia often fetches high prices at auction. A 1941 Christmas card signed by Frost and containing the three-stanza poem “I Could Give All to Time,” is being offered on eBay for US$5,999 by a Las Vegas-based dealer.

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