Michael's post about the paintings stolen from the Everhart Museum the other night... (he includes photos of the paintings)...
I didn't particularly care for either artist, nor these paintings. But how awful that this should happen, and in my home city.
The Times-Tribune - News - 11/19/2005 - FBI: 'No market for stolen art'
"The true art in an art theft is not stealing the material, it’s selling it," said Robert Wittman, an FBI agent based in Philadelphia who is the agency’s lead art theft investigator. He also took part in the recent recovery in Denmark of a stolen Rembrandt self-portrait valued at $36 million. "There is no market for hot art."
Perhaps I've just watched way too many heist movies... But I'm thinking whoever did this, didn't necessarily do it for the money, at least not just money. There are a lot more lucrative venues for burglars.
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