Showing posts with label Museum thefts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum thefts. Show all posts
February 8, 2025

Justice Served: Three Found Guilty in Major Art and Memorabilia Heist Case

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On June 15, 2023, a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania indicted Nicholas Dombek, Damien Boland, Joseph Atsus and his ...
September 14, 2023

Museum theft at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst theft in Köln (Cologne), Germany

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During the night, between September 12th and 13th, yet another museum theft involving Chinese objects of porcelain occurred at the Museum fü...
January 21, 2023

Twitter user @ArtFreak, (George S) sentenced in the theft of a Picasso, a Mondrian, and a Guglielmo Caccia

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The thief that burgled Greece’s National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens eleven years ago has been sentenced.   Citing that the ...
November 13, 2020

Exhibiting Absence: Introducing Samsung’s Missing Masterpieces

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Bringing the wider public's attention to works of art that have been stolen or lost has been a long-standing goal of the Association for...
April 24, 2019

4 of 6 individuals, believed to be tied to a Pink Panther operating cell, head to trail in the jewel heist at the Doge's Palace in Venice.

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Following up on the museum jewel heist which occurred during the  "Treasures of Mughals and Maharajas"  exhibition at the Dog...
September 6, 2018

Museum Theft Update: Doge’s Palace - Venice, Italy

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Exhibition Hall, Sala dello Scrutinio, Doge's Palace, Venice Image Credit: Palazzo Ducale Eight months into the investigation, Ita...
January 6, 2018

Diamonds are a thief's best friend: The stolen objects from Doge's Palace identified

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The jewelry stolen during the Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) robbery this week were modern compositions created by one of t...
January 3, 2018

Museum Theft: Doge’s Palace - Venice, Italy

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Shortly after 10 am this morning, on the last day of an exhibition at the Doge’s Palace  (Italian: Palazzo Ducale ), once the heart of ...
December 23, 2016

Visiting Florence and want to see an exhibition dedicated to art crime? The beauty of art and its appreciation can heal the wounds inflicted.

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Visiting Florence between now and February 14, 2017?   Then you should try and make time to see " La Tutela Tricolore ," an exh...
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October 14, 2016

Conviction and Sentence - New Brunswick Museum Theft

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Last month, Bruce Lee Marion pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property, valued at more than $5,000 for his role in the theft of four ...
April 14, 2016

Theft to Order, a Shady Antiquarian, a Drug Dealer and a Russian with a Penchant for Historic Baubles

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Theft to order, a shady antiquarian, a drug dealer and a Russian with a penchant for gold.  This is the apparent recipe for the dramatic 20...
September 12, 2013

Dick Ellis, ARCA Lecturer and founder of Scotland Yard's Art & Antiquities Squad, on arrests of travellers for thefts of museums and auction houses

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Dick Ellis, ARCA Lecturer, formerly of Scotland Yard When media reports announced  that police had arrested suspects for a series of a...