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Five 17th Century Paintings Stolen
AP ^
| March 25, 2002
| AP Wire
Posted on 03/25/2002 7:04:13 PM PST by Dawgsquat
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Sounds like someone put in an order.
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posted on
03/25/2002 7:04:13 PM PST
by
Dawgsquat
To: dighton; Orual
Art PING!
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posted on
03/25/2002 7:04:57 PM PST
by
Dawgsquat
To: Dawgsquat
How awful! I have a degree in Art (OSU 1973) and I went to that museum in Haarlem! It indeed sounds like someone put in an order. These paintings can't be sold - they would be immediately recognized! I remember THE SCREAM by Munch was stolen and recovered not too many years ago. That was a major scandal at that time too.
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posted on
03/25/2002 7:22:22 PM PST
by
buffyt
To: buffyt
Awful indeed. Tis the ultimate act of greed.
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posted on
03/25/2002 7:25:16 PM PST
by
Dawgsquat
To: Dawgsquat; dighton
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:27:02 PM PST
by
Orual
To: Orual
The commercial register is the world's biggest computerised image database of stolen and missing art, antiquities and valuables. Do you suppose that register is on the web? I'll do a search. Would be interesting to look at.
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:31:46 PM PST
by
Dawgsquat
To: Dawgsquat
If you go to
THIS SITE you can get a list of the databases for numerous countries and if you scroll through, you can access private stolen art and a list of stolen art by country and continent.
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:38:54 PM PST
by
Orual
To: Orual
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:40:25 PM PST
by
Dawgsquat
To: Dawgsquat
I found it.
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:41:47 PM PST
by
Dawgsquat
To: Orual
Rats! You have to be a member to search their database.
To: Orual
Your link is better. Thanks!
To: Dawgsquat
I couldn't get to your link - it was really slow.
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:52:07 PM PST
by
Orual
To: Orual
Just glanced through, but why aren't artworks stolen from Kuwait listed? I thought there were many items stolen during the Iraq invasion and Iraquis tried to sell many of them on the world markets.
I used to hear that some high dollar art can sometimes be "stolen to order", that is private collectors ask for certain pieces, only for their own viewing. I wonder what happens when these collectors die. I would think that many "lost" paintings would resurface but that doesn't happen much.
To: Dawgsquat
I'm not crying over this one.
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:54:33 PM PST
by
Orual
To: Orual
It's the Art Loss Register. You have to be a member to use it. Time for me to hit the hay. I'll follow your links tomorrow. Thanks again.
To: Orual
LOL!!! G'nite.
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Just glanced through, but why aren't artworks stolen from Kuwait listed? It may be simply that they don't have an on-line database. Dunno.
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:57:32 PM PST
by
Orual
To: Dawgsquat
Night. It'll be fun looking up some of the worst ones!
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posted on
03/25/2002 8:59:06 PM PST
by
Orual
To: Dawgsquat; aculeus; Orual
I didn't do it. Nobody saw me. You can't prove anything.
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posted on
03/26/2002 4:24:34 AM PST
by
dighton
To: dighton; Dawgsquat
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posted on
03/26/2002 4:37:20 AM PST
by
Orual
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