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Which art heist is the most impressive?
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:46 am
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:46 am
The Gardner museum? Still unsolved with a $10 million reward.
The Mona Lisa? Only one painting but it was THE Mona Lisa. Dude just had to try and sell it.
Goering using the SS and German Army to steal art?
Find the subject quite interesting. Usually takes much planning but there is usually one flaw: How to sell it once stolen.
The Mona Lisa? Only one painting but it was THE Mona Lisa. Dude just had to try and sell it.
Goering using the SS and German Army to steal art?
Find the subject quite interesting. Usually takes much planning but there is usually one flaw: How to sell it once stolen.
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Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:48 am to prplhze2000
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The Mona Lisa? Only one painting but it was THE Mona Lisa. Dude just had to try and sell it.
This is the problem with stealing art. Really cant do it unless buyer already lined up
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:53 am to prplhze2000
Gardner
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:55 am to prplhze2000
Hunter Biden selling multiple pieces, easily.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:55 am to VABuckeye
I suspect those works are in China, Russia, or the Middle East. Would say cartels but that was so long ago.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:55 am to prplhze2000
I watched a show about a heist in Paris at the Museum of Modern Art a while back and it was pretty wild. One guy stole five paintings from Picasso, Patisserie, Braque, Leger, and Modigliani. The guy was caught a year later attempting a burglary at a Paris apartment but the paintings were never recovered.
There's a Netflix documentary about it called "The Spider-Man of Paris" because he was an avid climber and used those skills to steal all kinds of shite around Paris.
There's a Netflix documentary about it called "The Spider-Man of Paris" because he was an avid climber and used those skills to steal all kinds of shite around Paris.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 12:17 pm to prplhze2000
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The Mona Lisa? Only one painting but it was THE Mona Lisa. Dude just had to try and sell it.
Pablo Picasso was arrested for that theft
Got lots of down votes, but I wasn't joking.
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In 1911, Picasso was arrested and questioned about the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Suspicion for the crime had initially fallen upon Apollinaire due to his links to Géry Pieret, an artist with a history of thefts from the gallery. Apollinaire in turn implicated his close friend Picasso, who had also purchased stolen artworks from the artist in the past. Afraid of a conviction that could result in his deportation to Spain, Picasso denied having ever met Apollinaire. Both were later cleared of any involvement in the painting's disappearance.
This post was edited on 3/23/25 at 11:33 am
Posted on 3/22/25 at 12:23 pm to prplhze2000
Stockholm December 22, 2000 look it up on youtube. won't let me embed video.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 12:27 pm to prplhze2000
quote:That I got Mrs Füt (no pics mostly because most of you are mostly uncultured swine).
Which art heist is the most impressive?
Hi honey!
Posted on 3/22/25 at 12:35 pm to Cosmo
Posted on 3/22/25 at 12:48 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 3/22/25 at 12:55 pm to prplhze2000
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Find the subject quite interesting
If so, you should read The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel. Very quick read about an art kleptomaniac in Europe. Trying to explain why the klepto was different, the book talks about various other major art thefts over the past century or so.
I would have never chosen the book myself but it was a gift so I gave it a shot. Highly recommend.
This post was edited on 3/22/25 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 3/22/25 at 1:13 pm to prplhze2000
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Gardner
This isn't really a big mystery. It disgusts me that a bunch of dago mobsters destroyed the Storm on the Sea of Galilee and probably never even sold it. They were too dumb to know what they had, realized it, and probably destroyed it to save themselves.
Occam's razor
Posted on 3/22/25 at 1:15 pm to prplhze2000
Making bourbon is considered an “art” and the Pappy’s heist is a really good story.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 1:42 pm to prplhze2000
Hunter Biden getting away with stealing millions for his "art"
Posted on 3/22/25 at 2:03 pm to Gee Grenouille
I still think the Gardner works wound up with overseas collectors. Those fools may not have known exactly what they had but someone higher up in their organization did.
Don't think the IRA wouldn't have made money fronting for the Boston Mob and selling them to interested parties. Just remember who their allies were at the time. Arab countries and the Soviets.
Reading the Art Thief now. Why I came up with this question. He was ballsy and because he didn't try to sell them, his chances of getting caught were lower. Am halfway through.
Netflix has a documentary on the Gardner Heist and there are some good, entertaining books on it as well.
Don't think the IRA wouldn't have made money fronting for the Boston Mob and selling them to interested parties. Just remember who their allies were at the time. Arab countries and the Soviets.
Reading the Art Thief now. Why I came up with this question. He was ballsy and because he didn't try to sell them, his chances of getting caught were lower. Am halfway through.
Netflix has a documentary on the Gardner Heist and there are some good, entertaining books on it as well.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 2:08 pm to prplhze2000
When Dale Chihuly sold the state of Louisiana $5 worth of cheap glass for nearly one million dollars.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 2:08 pm to whiskey over ice
She dips beneath the lasers. She has entrapped me and Sean Connery.
This post was edited on 3/22/25 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 3/22/25 at 2:16 pm to prplhze2000
Individuals are more interesting stories and difficult to accomplish.
The wholesale confiscation from past nations like Nazi Germany, Imperial Britain, or Napoleonic France are fascinating in their scope alone.
The Nazis stealing every thing of interest in Europe is a great one. Hard to beat on a national scale.
The wine collections from the Nazis...more interesting to me than the art for some reason. Art reproduction in modern times makes fine art replicas available to almost anyone with $500-1,500 dollars. Those hordes of wine from old Europe can't be duplicated.
The English "collecting" archaeological and significant pieces of history during their empire years is also worth mentioning.
The wholesale confiscation from past nations like Nazi Germany, Imperial Britain, or Napoleonic France are fascinating in their scope alone.
The Nazis stealing every thing of interest in Europe is a great one. Hard to beat on a national scale.
The wine collections from the Nazis...more interesting to me than the art for some reason. Art reproduction in modern times makes fine art replicas available to almost anyone with $500-1,500 dollars. Those hordes of wine from old Europe can't be duplicated.
The English "collecting" archaeological and significant pieces of history during their empire years is also worth mentioning.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 2:17 pm to prplhze2000
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Which art heist is the most impressive?
The one out West years ago. They did not recover it till after they died and it was on the wall of their bedroom. Not getting caught till after you are dead is pretty impressive.
Mash here for the backstory
Stolen in 1985 it was worth 160 Million at the time
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Painted in the mid 1950's, one of the theories was the wife had been the model for the painting.
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