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  • February 2008
    • Stolen Art Found in Parking Lot

      Stolen Art Found in Parking Lot

      (Newser) - The four 19th-century paintings stolen from a Swiss museum have reportedly been found in an unlocked car parked outside a Zurich psychiatric hospital. Although police have not yet confirmed the find, Swiss media are reporting that the $168 million worth of loot—one work each by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, and van Gogh—has been recovered. The paintings were stolen by masked gunmen on February 10. More »

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      art   painting   Switzerland   art theft   Vincent Van Gogh   art heist   Monet   Cézanne   Degas   Zurich

    • $160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

      $160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

      (Newser) - A gang of armed art thieves absconded with four masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, and Cezanne worth $160 million from a Zurich museum yesterday. The brazen daytime robbery follows a theft of two Picassos in Switzerland just two days earlier. The three masked thieves confronted a guard with guns, grabbed the paintings, and took off in a white vehicle, said authorities, who described the operation as a "spectacular" heist. More »

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      art   painting   theft   art theft   Vincent Van Gogh   art heist   Monet   Cezanne   Degas

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