NEW YORK, NY (AP).- Authorities are ramping up their effort to solve a Manhattan mystery: Who drilled a hole into the home of a beef fortune heir and stole a collection of iconic artworks by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol? The culprits also made off…
Police Searching for the Thief Who Tunneled into a NYC Home and Stole Art
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- Police are looking for the person who tunneled through a wall into a New York City apartment while the owner was away around Thanksgiving and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of artworks by Andy Warhol and other…
Recovered Monet to Go Back on View in Poland
WARSAW (AP).- A Polish museum director says a Claude Monet painting stolen from his museum 10 years ago and finally recovered earlier this year is going back on public view. Wojciech Suchocki, director of the National Museum in Poznan, says that, star…
Recovered Monet to Go Back on View in Poland
WARSAW (AP).- A Polish museum director says a Claude Monet painting stolen from his museum 10 years ago and finally recovered earlier this year is going back on public view. Wojciech Suchocki, director of the National Museum in Poznan, says that, star…
Art Loss Register Recovers Three High-Value, Historic Coins
LONDON.- It was nearly ten years ago when prominent British coin dealer Stephen Fenton of Knightsbridge Coins purchased five rare coins at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. Post-sale, Fenton entrusted FedEx to ship the coins overnight, and as promised, …
Art Loss Register Recovers Three High-Value, Historic Coins
LONDON.- It was nearly ten years ago when prominent British coin dealer Stephen Fenton of Knightsbridge Coins purchased five rare coins at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. Post-sale, Fenton entrusted FedEx to ship the coins overnight, and as promised, …
"Tome Raider" Antique Book Thief Jailed Again
LONDON (REUTERS).- A Cambridge University graduate nicknamed the “Tome Raider,” who has stolen more than one million pounds’ worth of rare books in his criminal career, has been jailed for 3-1/2 years for his latest theft. William Jacques, 41, stole an…
Prison Term for Monet Painting Thief in Poland
WARSAW (AP).- A court spokeswoman in western Poland says a man convicted in the theft of a Claude Monet painting valued at $7 million (euro 5.7 million) has been handed a three-year prison term. Agnieszka Weichert-Urban said that the regional court in …