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More about thieves (and black paint)
Although art theft is a fairly fashionable topic, it is not one of my favorites most likely because it has less to do with art and more to do with theft. So the upcoming book about the sordid Gardener...
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New push to recover Vermeer’s stolen Concert
In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as Boston police officers talked their way into the Gardner museum, bound two guards, and stole artwork valued at $500 million, including...
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drawn from the THE SACRAMENTO BEE. http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/24/3725190/can-whitey-bulger-help-solve-biggest.html With the arrest Wednesday of notorious Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger,...
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Will we ever see Vermeer’s Concert Again? Perhaps…
Vermeer rarely makes news outside the art world; this Tuesday 19, he did. In a stunning development, the FBI said it believes it knows who was behind one of the most significant art heists in the...
View ArticleDid the FBI flimflam on the Stewart Gardner case?
After the mainstream press greeted with enthusiasm the FBI’s announcement about the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist (see information directly below), Christopher Dickey of the Daily Beast, takes a...
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Dave Collins* of The Boston Globe reports that the FBI believed that Robert Gentile, convicted of receiving stolen goods, carrying a deadly weapon in a motor vehicle, and possession of illegal...
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Welcomed Lie
Dave Collins (Saskatchewan Leader-Post) reports that the seventy-six-year-old Robert Gentile, a reputed mobster, has failed a FBI polygraph test when asked if he knew the whereabouts of priceless...
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