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Thirteen works were stolen. In 1990, the FBI estimated the value of the theft at $200 million [42] and raised the estimate to $500 million by 2000. [42] In the late 2000s, some art dealers suggested that the total value of the stolen artwork could be $600 million. [43] It is considered the highest-value museum robbery in history. [citation needed]
The largest art theft in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990, when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively valued at $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Among the pieces stolen was Vermeer's The Concert, which is considered to be the most valuable stolen painting in the world. A reward of $10,000,000 is still ...
Early in the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers robbed the museum of thirteen works worth some $500 million – the greatest known property theft in history. [5] Among the works was The Concert (c. 1664), one of only 34 known by Johannes Vermeer and thought to be the most valuable unrecovered painting at over ...
Neither of the two robbers of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston have been captured, nor have any of the 13 stolen pieces been Half-billion dollar art heist remains unsolved after 25 ...
The largest art theft, and the largest theft of any private property, in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990, when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively worth $300 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A reward of $5,000,000 was on offer for information leading to their return, but expired at the end of 2017.
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist is a 2021 American documentary miniseries about the 1990 robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. [1] [2] [3] The four-part series was directed by Colin Barnicle, who also produced alongside his brother Nick Barnicle. The series was produced over a seven-year period, beginning in ...
The Real Estalker reports that "the pending civil trial brought against Beverly Hills real estate agent Josh Flagg for an alleged art heist has been put on hold to make way for an investigation by ...
Italian great Paolo Porpora's famed painting, Flowers, was ruined when a young boy in Taipei, Taiwan accidentally fell into it.