BECK, MACK & OLIVER LLC
330 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017-5001
FORM 13F
Report for the quarter ended: December 31, 2000
Name of Institutional Manager: Beck, Mack & Oliver LLC
Address: 330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017-5001
Name. Phone Number and Title of Person Duly Authorized to Submit This Report:
ROBERT C. BECK, SENIOR MEMBER 212 661-2640
The institutional investment manager submitting this Form and its attachments
and the person by whom it is signed represent hereby that all information
contained therein is true, correct and complete. It is understood that all
required items, statements and schedules are considered integral parts of
this Form and that the submission of any amendments represents that all
unamended items, statements and schedules remain true, correct and complete as
previously submitted.
Pursuant to section 13F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules
thereunder, the undersigned institutional investment manager has caused this
report to be signed on its behalf in the City of New York and State of
New York on the 17th day of January, 2001.
BECK. MACK & OLIVER. LLC
Name of Institutional Manager
ROBERT C. BECK
Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized to
Submit This Report
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FORM 13 F SUMMARY PAGE
NUMBER OF OTHER INCLUDED MANAGERS: 6
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE ENTRY TOTAL: 228
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE TOTAL: $2,259,821,582
Name and 13F file numbers of all Institutional Investment
Managers with respect to which this schedule is filed (other
than the one filing this report)
1) John C. Beck
2) Robert J. Campbell
3) M. Gerald Sedam II
4) Dan I. Abrams
5) Jonathan D. Gross
6) Walter K. Giles
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NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP VALUE(K) SH/P AMT S/P P/C INV DSC MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
AGCO CORP COMMON 001084102 9139 753701 SH SOLE 0 0 753701
AT&T CORP COMMON 001957109 4348 252068 SH SOLE 0 0 252068
AT&T CP. LIB.MEDIA GR A COM 001957208 41272 3043086 SH SOLE 0 0 3043086
AT&T CP. LIB.MEDIA GR B COMMON 001957307 1446 77098 SH SOLE 0 0 77098
ABBOTT LABS COMMON 002824100 91450 1888000 SH SOLE 0 0 1888000
ACTERNA CORP COMMON 00503U105 250 18544 SH SOLE 0 0 18544
AETNA INC COMMON 008117103 1626 24150 SH SOLE 0 0 24150
AETNA INC NEW COMMON 00817Y108 10127 246625 SH SOLE 0 0 246625
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COMMON 00846U101 1218 22245 SH SOLE 0 0 22245
AGRIBRANDS INTL INC COMMON 00849R105 353 6600 SH SOLE 0 0 6600
ALLEGHANY CORP DEL COMMON 017175100 4304 20944 SH SOLE 0 0 20944
ALLERGAN INC COMMON 018490102 750 7746 SH SOLE 0 0 7746
ALLIED HLDGS INC COMMON 019223106 3547 1289789 SH SOLE 0 0 1289789
ALLSTATE CORP COMMON 020002101 743 17057 SH SOLE 0 0 17057
ALLTEL CORP COMMON 020039103 669 10719 SH SOLE 0 0 10719
AMERADA HESS CORP COMMON 023551104 30258 414145 SH SOLE 0 0 414145
AMEREN CORP COMMON 023608102 210 4532 SH SOLE 0 0 4532
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AMERICAN NATL INS CO COMMON 028591105 219 3000 SH SOLE 0 0 3000
AMGEN INC COMMON 031162100 243 3800 SH SOLE 0 0 3800
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FREMONT GEN CORP COMMON 357288109 194 69000 SH SOLE 0 0 69000
FRONTLINE CAP GROUP COMMON 35921N101 347 26088 SH SOLE 0 0 26088
GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO COMMON 363576109 1145 18000 SH SOLE 0 0 18000
GANNETT INC COMMON 364730101 555 8796 SH SOLE 0 0 8796
GENERAL ELEC CO COMMON 369604103 80309 1675295 SH SOLE 0 0 1675295
GILLETTE CO COMMON 375766102 1109 30696 SH SOLE 0 0 30696
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC DEPOSITORY RECEI 37733W105 15186 271177 SH SOLE 0 0 271177
GREENPOINT FINL CORP COMMON 395384100 1167 28500 SH SOLE 0 0 28500
HCC INS HLDGS INC COMMON 404132102 76474 2838944 SH SOLE 0 0 2838944
HEINZ H J CO COMMON 423074103 1220 25710 SH SOLE 0 0 25710
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COMMON 428236103 3632 115062 SH SOLE 0 0 115062
HIBERNIA CORP CL A 428656102 1084 85000 SH SOLE 0 0 85000
HOME DEPOT INC COMMON 437076102 684 14970 SH SOLE 0 0 14970
HOMEFED CORP COM NEW 43739D208 907 1067138 SH SOLE 0 0 1067138
HONEYWELL INTL INC COMMON 438516106 2602 54992 SH SOLE 0 0 54992
HUBBELL INC A CL A 443510102 4293 165112 SH SOLE 0 0 165112
HUBBELL INC B CL B 443510201 11273 425384 SH SOLE 0 0 425384
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES IN COMMON 446150104 432 26662 SH SOLE 0 0 26662
HUTTIG BLDG PRODS INC COMMON 448451104 105 25517 SH SOLE 0 0 25517
IMS HEALTH INC COMMON 449934108 303 11220 SH SOLE 0 0 11220
IDEX CORP COMMON 45167R104 19702 594788 SH SOLE 0 0 594788
ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC COMMON 452308109 2273 38167 SH SOLE 0 0 38167
INFINITY BROADCASTING CP CL A 45662S102 4610 165000 SH SOLE 0 0 165000
INPUT/OUTPUT INC COMMON 457652105 6379 626150 SH SOLE 0 0 626150
INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS I CL A 45768V108 506 21550 SH SOLE 0 0 21550
INTEL CORP COMMON 458140100 3708 123332 SH SOLE 0 0 123332
INTL. BUSINESS MACHINES COMMON 459200101 20783 244504 SH SOLE 0 0 244504
INTERPUBLIC GROUP COS IN COMMON 460690100 1549 36400 SH SOLE 0 0 36400
JEFFERSON PILOT CORP COMMON 475070108 631 8437 SH SOLE 0 0 8437
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 478160104 97721 930127 SH SOLE 0 0 930127
KERR MCGEE CORP COMMON 492386107 3346 49991 SH SOLE 0 0 49991
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KROGER CO COMMON 501044101 70781 2615457 SH SOLE 0 0 2615457
LEUCADIA NATL CORP COMMON 527288104 92973 2623580 SH SOLE 0 0 2623580
LEXMARK INTL GR.CL.A COMMON 529771107 1381 31161 SH SOLE 0 0 31161
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