NEWSNATIONNOW (Alicia Sitz) - Experts say Renoir thieves face difficult path to profit
"The real art in an art heist is not the stealing. It's the selling," Wittman said.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Four Renoir paintings stolen from French art museum, but thieves drop two as they flee
Cagnes-sur-Mer Mayor Bryan Masson's office said the heist only took a total of five minutes, and that four of the Renoir Museum's 12 Renoir paintings were removed from their frames. The museum is located in southern France.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Thieves make off with Renoir art worth millions
At least two stolen paintings were abandoned, an official said.
NPR (Willem Marx) - A good – and bad – week for Italy's art police and museum security
On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.
AI:Italian authorities have experienced a volatile week regarding high-value art security, successfully recovering three stolen paintings from a museum near Parma while simultaneously facing new thefts in Sicily where thieves made off with four additional masterpieces.Open
NYTIMES (Elisabetta Povoledo) - Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Are Recovered, Police Say
The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.
NPR (Rebecca Rosman) - Meet the Dutch art detective who tracks down stolen masterpieces
For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything.