NYTIMES (Ségolène Le Stradic) - Thieves Steal Artworks From Renoir Museum in France
Almost a year after the brazen Louvre heist, thieves targeted a museum that was formerly the artist’s home in the south of France.
Almost a year after the brazen Louvre heist, thieves targeted a museum that was formerly the artist’s home in the south of France.
The prints by the French master were taken in São Paulo last year in a brazen daylight heist.
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.
Criminals are growing bolder, stealing priceless art , jewels and truckloads of goods — but it's harder than it looks for them to cash in on their heists. Why it matters: Because massive heists immediately dominate global news cycles, thieves quickly find themselves stuck with highly recognizable merchandise that even underground buyers are too afraid to touch. Driving the news: Thieves smashed into a small museum in the Italian countryside late last month, stealing three paintings worth over $10 million — a Renoir, a Cézanne and a Matisse. - The operation took three minutes, and authorities are still investigating. - The theft follows a similar heist last year at Paris' Louvre Museum, where thieves stole $104 million worth of…
Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy.
Thieves broke into the Magnani-Rocca Foundation outside Parma, Italy, officials said, and made off with paintings worth millions.
Thieves have stolen three famous paintings from a private museum near Parma
ROME (AP) — Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros (dollars) from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said on Monday. The heist took place on the night of March 22-23, with thieves forcing open the entrance door, police said. The three [...]