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Article: HIDDEN ON THE SOUTH SHORE? ; A new book about the 1990 art theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum calls it a strong possibility
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- November 17, 2008
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Are the stolen Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum paintings stashed
somewhere on the South Shore? That tantalizing question is raised in
a new book about the sensational 1990 robbery, in which $300 million
worth of art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas and Manet was taken from
the Boston museum at night by a pair of thieves dressed as police
officers.
After 18 years and thousands of played-out leads, theories about
where the masterpieces could be are almost as numerous as the
investigators who've tried to crack the case - or the roster of
criminals who've claimed they could broker a deal for the art's
return, and collect the museum's $5 million reward. (That roster
includes art thief and ex-con ...