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Stolen Painting Found With Steven Spielberg
WNBC Television ^ | 3/3/2007 | Puppage

Posted on 03/03/2007 5:48:33 AM PST by Puppage

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1 posted on 03/03/2007 5:48:35 AM PST by Puppage
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To: Puppage

He did the right thing reporting it to the FBI. I suspect the art dealers has some explaining to do.


2 posted on 03/03/2007 5:50:55 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: Puppage
I'm not surprised Vladimir Lenin is someone he admires.
3 posted on 03/03/2007 5:51:34 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: Puppage

Phone a lawyer.


4 posted on 03/03/2007 5:51:50 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: mware
Kind of makes you wonder if he's such an admirer Rockwell that he didn't notice the news on THAT painting being stolen ... .
5 posted on 03/03/2007 5:53:46 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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6 posted on 03/03/2007 5:55:01 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (When I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth)
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To: Puppage

Odd choice of stolen goods... the bust of Lenin must have “sealed-the-deal” for Spielberg.


7 posted on 03/03/2007 5:55:52 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

It is a bizzare cross of Norman Rockwell and Socialist Realism.


8 posted on 03/03/2007 5:57:00 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (When I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

The boy in the third row sure doesn't look like he wants to be in that classroom


9 posted on 03/03/2007 5:58:00 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: Liz; Joe 6-pack; woofie; vannrox; giotto; iceskater; Conspiracy Guy; Dolphy; Intolerant in NJ; ...

Art ping!

Let Republicanprofessor, woofie or me know if you want on or off the art ping list.

I was hoping Spielberg would come up with the stolen Picassos!


10 posted on 03/03/2007 5:58:01 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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"The gallery refunded the client's money, and there was no sign of the work for years."

They refunded the client the $25,000 he paid for it. Which means this $700,000 painting is now theirs.

11 posted on 03/03/2007 5:58:21 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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Good on Spielberg, he did the right thing. At least he didn't blubber the usual, "I bought it from a guy in an alley," after somebody discovered it in his collection.


12 posted on 03/03/2007 5:58:25 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

The dream of any LEFTIST.


13 posted on 03/03/2007 5:58:27 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

It is an interesting painting. The boy in the 3rd row is significant.


14 posted on 03/03/2007 5:59:01 AM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: mware

Reminds me of me in sixth grade at Christ the King Grammar School.


15 posted on 03/03/2007 5:59:09 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (When I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth)
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The Oscar-winning filmmaker purchased the painting in 1989 from a legitimate dealer and didn't know it was stolen until his staff spotted its image last week on an FBI Web site listing stolen works of art, the bureau said in a statement.

His staff spotted it, FBI website, stolen works...

Nevermind, it must be me.












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16 posted on 03/03/2007 5:59:26 AM PST by AliVeritas (Stop Global Dhimming. Demand testicular fortitude from the hill. Call the crusade.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Doesn't it took like Lenin is staring at that kid trying to make him tow the line.

LOL, kind of like the Sisters in Christ the King huh???

17 posted on 03/03/2007 6:01:25 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: Puppage
... the FBI's newly formed Art Crime Team initiated an investigation ...

Your federal tax dollars at work. We have a porous border, with out of control human and drug trafficking, but don't worry, the Art Crime Team is out in full force.

18 posted on 03/03/2007 6:01:53 AM PST by Disturbin ("Had I not known I was being taxed unfairly, I would have mourned my loss of income")
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To: mware
The boy in the third row sure doesn't look like he wants to be in that classroom

I think that's the whole point. It's a great painting.
19 posted on 03/03/2007 6:02:28 AM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: nmh
Kind of makes you wonder if he's such an admirer Rockwell that he didn't notice the news on THAT painting being stolen ... .

I wondered about that, too. The dealer that sold it to him, too.

20 posted on 03/03/2007 6:03:23 AM PST by Netizen (More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war 2,158 ea year - Center for Immigration Studies)
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