Article: NT: Art heist, or drunken prank?

Article: Billionaire's Stolen Paintings Found
AP Online;  June 22, 2002 ;     280 words ......the collection of a Spanish billionaire, including paintings by Goya, Pissarro and Brueghel, the interior minister said Saturday. The robbers took the 17 paintings and archaeological pieces from the home of construction...tycoon Esther Koplowitz in August 2001, in the biggest art heist in Spain's ...

Article: A smart art heist? Only in movies Booty can seldom be resold, and thieves are usually caught
International Herald Tribune;  February 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Tribune 02-18-2008 A smart art heist? Only in movies Booty can...Section: NEWS The plots of art heist movies are about as multifarious as the canvases of the paintings pilfered by their main characters...valuable examples, usually paintings, are also the most highly...in 2004 for ...

Article: Robbers Steal 14 Paintings in Spain
AP Online;  August 10, 2001 ;     396 words ......Online 08-10-2001 Robbers Steal 14 Paintings in Spain MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Robbers stole 14 paintings -- including works by Goya, Pissarro...Madrid billionaire in the biggest art heist in Spanish history. The robbers rang...gagged by the robbers, who then took 14 paintings that had been ...

Article: HUGE ART HEIST Four paintings worth $163 million [Derived Headline]
New Haven Register;  February 12, 2008 ;     12 words ...HUGE ART HEIST Four paintings worth $163 million stolen from Zurich gallery, A8

Article: Israeli official faces charges for stealing dozens of paintings.
The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon);  October 28, 2008 ;     457 words ......suspected wrongdoing involve an art heist. The deputy mayor of an Israeli...stealing nearly two dozen paintings worth millions of dollars...suspected wrongdoing involve an art heist. The deputy mayor of an Israeli...stealing nearly two dozen paintings worth millions of ...

Article: Gone, but not forgotten ; Gardner Museum recalls art heist as 19th anniversary nears
The Boston Globe;  March 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ......gangster. It was the largest art heist in world history, and Bulger...hands on the Gardner Museum paintings for a number of reasons...down the road if he had the paintings." Boston's underworld was...since 1995, ever located the paintings. As the 19th anniversary of...

Article: Paintings by Four Masters Stolen in Zurich
The Washington Post;  February 12, 2008 ;     482 words ......went into a nearby exhibit hall and removed the paintings. Museum director Lukas Gloor said at a news conference that the paintings were displayed behind glass panels and that an...was triggered as soon as they were touched. The paintings -- "Poppies near Vetheuil" by Monet, "Count Lepic...collection, he ...

Article: 1978 ART HEIST SOLVED RETIRED MASS, LAWYER SAYS HE HELD STOLEN PAINTINGS
The Boston Globe;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......in state history: the theft of seven paintings, including a Cezanne, from a collector...Globe he has secretly held the stolen paintings, worth millions of dollars, since 1978...Mardirosian, 71, said in an interview that the paintings were left with him by the lead suspect...

Article: NT: Million dollar art heist a theft by drunken itinerants
AAP General News (Australia);  April 1, 2008 ;     178 words ......Australia) 04-01-2008 NT: Million dollar art heist a theft by drunken itinerants Nights...kebab .. not a half a million dollar art heist. But a homeless man in Darwin appears...dollars while apparently drunk. The seven paintings have been recovered about eight hours...morning .. before ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: Art-heist film fails on the thrills
University Wire;  August 10, 2006 ;     377 words ......U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- In 1990, 13 paintings were stolen from an art gallery in Boston. The paintings stolen included works from Rembrandt...what was already being shown. When the paintings were stolen, it was decided their frames...

Article: Qld: Prominent artist faces court over art heist
AAP General News (Australia);  January 30, 2007 ;     373 words ......Qld: Prominent artist faces court over art heist A nationally acclaimed artist has appeared in a Brisbane court over an alleged art heist. 46-year-old RICHARD NOEL DUNLOP has...over one thousand-200 pieces .. mostly paintings .. between 1994 and 2005. He's been...allegedly include stolen ...

Article: $1.5 million in paintings taken in Rancho art heist
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  March 24, 2006 ;     395 words ......and grabbed dozens of famous original paintings worth about $1.5 million, police said Friday. The paintings by former local artist Robert Lyn Nelson...he said. John Girton, the owner of the paintings, said he believes the thieves may have...

Article: Stolen Rubens painting recovered by police
AP Worldstream;  August 7, 2002 ;     295 words ......said Wednesday. The unnamed portrait was one of 18 paintings stolen in 1986 from Russborough House south of...to house them. He died in 1994. In May 1986, 18 paintings were stolen from the mansion by a 13-member gang...auction houses in England and Belgium, and only two paintings now remain unaccounted ...

Article: NSW: Man arrested over art heist
AAP General News (Australia);  March 16, 2005 ;     129 words ......03-16-2005 NSW: Man arrested over art heist Police have arrested a man...tomorrow. Mr OPIT said the stolen paintings included CEZANNE'S Boy In...million. He said among other paintings stolen were works by Australian...RTV pc/jel/wf/rt KEYWORD: PAINTINGS (SYDNEY) 2005 AAP Information...