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Stolen Mao Zedong calligraphy said to be worth billions torn in half by unwitting Hong Kong buyer
South China Morning Post ^ | 7 Oct 2020 | Clifford Lo and Fiona Sun

Posted on 10/07/2020 7:48:47 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A police insider said the buyer of the stolen artwork paid just HK$500 for the piece and believed it was a counterfeit Meanwhile, one of three burglars involved in the heist has been arrested along with a friend after a raid on a Yau Ma Tei residence

A calligraphy scroll by Mao Zedong said to be worth HK$2.3 billion – part of a haul stolen last month from the Hong Kong flat of a renowned collector – was torn into two pieces after being resold for a few hundred dollars to a man who thought it was a counterfeit, the Post has learned.

When asked why the artwork was cut into two pieces, Senior Superintendent Tony Ho Chun-tung of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, said: “Someone thought the calligraphy was too long – 2.8 metres in length – and it was difficult to show and display it. That’s why it was cut half" When asked why the artwork was cut into two pieces, Senior Superintendent Tony Ho Chun-tung of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, said: “Someone thought the calligraphy was too long – 2.8 metres in length – and it was difficult to show and display it. That’s why it was cut half

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: dumbdumb; mousytongue
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Note the many window AC units in photo.

Usually high value art is kept in a controlled environment, not a low rent high rise?

For the dumb-dumb? Prison will be the least of his many problems.

1 posted on 10/07/2020 7:48:47 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Well, now there are TWO!...................


2 posted on 10/07/2020 7:51:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

In USD:

“The burglars took 24,000 Chinese postage stamps, 10 coins and seven calligraphy scrolls from Fu’s apartment, where he stored his collections. Fu estimated that the Mao calligraphy was worth about $300 million and that the theft totaled about $645 million. No independent appraisals of the collections were available.”

https://wtop.com/asia/2020/10/stolen-mao-calligraphy-worth-millions-found-cut-in-half/


3 posted on 10/07/2020 7:51:42 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Anything this emulator of Hitler has written should be torn and burned.

I still like the old spelling. Mao tse Tung


4 posted on 10/07/2020 7:52:38 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Obamao


5 posted on 10/07/2020 7:53:22 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Red Badger

Well, now there are TWO!...

OH MY!
That was good!!!
And quick too.


6 posted on 10/07/2020 7:53:23 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It’s like a STOCK SPLIT!......................


7 posted on 10/07/2020 7:54:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Hong Kong dollar is worth $0.13. So, billions there. Not as much here.

Any record of Mao that is removed from the world is a net gain in my mind.


8 posted on 10/07/2020 7:58:08 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vaquero

I feel much the same way.


9 posted on 10/07/2020 7:58:11 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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To: Red Badger

:-)


10 posted on 10/07/2020 7:58:48 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Vaquero
Anything this emulator of Hitler has written should be torn and burned.
Yeah, I have been wondering if any Hitler paintings would be “worth” billions as well…
11 posted on 10/07/2020 7:59:58 AM PDT by cartan
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To: Vermont Lt

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about a cab fare..............


12 posted on 10/07/2020 8:02:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Vaquero

“I still like the old spelling. Mao tse Tung”

Still don’t have it right, FRiend.

The correct spelling is: Mousie Dung.


13 posted on 10/07/2020 8:03:16 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Vaquero

When did it change?


14 posted on 10/07/2020 8:06:58 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

It’s like a STOCK SPLIT!...

Yes, a two for one.

Like Musk and Tesla, the board of directors wanted to increase the number of shares.

Double your pleasure , double your fun...

and my gut is split from laughing!


15 posted on 10/07/2020 8:08:29 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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It sounds like they could just tape it back together, right?


16 posted on 10/07/2020 8:09:05 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("What we can see of God's canvas is laughably small." ~Bp. Barron)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve got a historic painting of Jesus that needs some restoration. Perhaps this guy could help


17 posted on 10/07/2020 8:09:49 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( Beginning my 20th year on FR! 2,500+ replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Vermont Lt
Hong Kong dollar is worth $0.13. So, billions there. Not as much here.

2,300,000,000 HKD to USD = 296,758,921.73 US Dollars

$300 million is nothing to sneeze at.

18 posted on 10/07/2020 8:10:33 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Vermont Lt

The actual amount works out to about $245,000,000 (245 million) in US dollars. A sizable stack of cash.


19 posted on 10/07/2020 8:10:39 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: j.havenfarm

There's a lady in Spain that does it for free.................

20 posted on 10/07/2020 8:12:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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