Article: Solving a Monet Mystery: A $17 million insurance scam in Brentwood?(Beverly Hills doctor Steven G. Cooperman is accused of stilling his own paintings)(Brief Article)

For years, Steven G. Cooperman was a fairly typical eye doctor--for Beverly Hills. He ran a high-flying practice in the city's medical "Golden Triangle." Comedian Red Skelton flacked for it on TV, while the pleasant and solicitous doctor sent limousines to squire his wealthy patients to his clinic down the street from Neiman Marcus. He sold the practice and retired in 1989 to become a respected collector of impressionist paintings; his pieces sometimes appeared in major museum shows. So the art world was shocked and sympathetic in 1992, when Cooperman reported that a thief had stolen a Picasso and a Monet from his Brentwood house. Fortunately, the two pieces were insured ...

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