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Cops Quickly Recover Stolen $50M Van Gogh

'Poppy Flowers' was taken from museum in Egypt

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2010 4:21 PM CDT | Updated Aug 21, 2010 4:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – A $50 million painting by Vincent van Gogh has gone missing from a museum in Cairo, and it's not the first time. Police in Egypt have put airports and seaports on alert for the artwork, which goes by Poppy Flowers or Vase With Flowers. It's not clear how thieves got it, but the AP notes that it was stolen once before in 1978. Authorities didn't get it back for two years, when it turned up in Kuwait. And, cue the intrigue music, Egyptian authorities never made clear what happened to those original thieves.

A self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh, though not the image stolen. The missing artwork goes by the name Poppy Flowers as well as Vase with Flowers.
A self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh, though not the image stolen. The missing artwork goes by the name "Poppy Flowers" as well as "Vase with Flowers."   (AP Photo/The Morgan Library & Museum)
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pg13
Aug 22, 2010 3:51 PM CDT
It was recovered and then not recovered because when the Egyptian police got hold of it, it went missing again.
CaptainEarlobe
Aug 22, 2010 5:14 AM CDT
1) The painting has not been recovered 2) That's not a photo of the painting Real news story here :http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/21/egypt.painting.recovered/index.html?hpt=C1#fbid=bTmkgBT7CEP&wom=false
the smart boomer
Aug 21, 2010 9:31 PM CDT
...and I shit my pants at airport security worried that I have a flake of weed in my pocket, or the smell on an old t-shirt in my bag...These two walk through with a $50M stolen painting? That's badass.

 
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