The guy who stole a Shakespeare folio gets prison time.

The guy who stole a Shakespeare folio gets prison time.  Not quite sure where this guy fits in, or what his mistake was, but it makes an interesting story. This article has pictures. He is described as a fantasist, and an alcoholic. There is a contradiction with these adjectives. The judge criticized him for thinking he could match wits with experts. Gotta think about this story because it is not adding up. It doesn't take much to match wits with experts (see A. J. P. Taylor and the Hitler diaries hoax.) This is the first time I read the guy was an alcoholic, and that seems to me to be at odds with the planning, and sensible goals (see the pictures) he was after. Fantasist? The dreams we are all after in a way, dreaming the impossible dream is considered a plus and in fact functions in human evolution for the general good. He did badly miscalculate how to turn the manuscript into cash, but that could be a matter of not studying up on the world of rare manuscripts. If he is a fantasist, beyond the amount we all are, then what was the fantasy. Yeah, he was a crook, yeah he was a cultural bore, but this describes many of those successful in industry.  You could say he was trying to think his way through a problem,  and came up with an original solution. But not a good solution.  There is something to be gleaned here, but I haven't gotten it yet.... Though the inability of the print media to think outside the lines is one point to take home.  Apparently he has a long record of stealing stuff.  Is he incompetent? I hate to say he is stupid, in view of his big dreams, and concrete steps to accomplish the dreams. File under," not sure what to think."