Article: Gone, but not forgotten ; Gardner Museum recalls art heist as 19th anniversary nears

After two men dressed as Boston police officers conned their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum after midnight on March 18, 1990, and stole artwork now valued at $500 million, South Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger started pressuring people to find out who did it, according to a longtime associate of the gangster.

It was the largest art heist in world history, and Bulger was determined to find the thieves and confiscate the stolen masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and Manet, said Patrick Nee, a former Bulger associate from South Boston.

"Whitey would have been looking to get his hands on the Gardner Museum paintings for a number of reasons," said Nee, adding that ...

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