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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks agoBurglary probe uncovers $6 million in stolen luxury goods, including Hermes bags, Rolex watches
A man broke into the victim's home and stole more than $600,000 worth of property, including designer handbags and jewelry. After weeks of investigating, including working with San Diego and Glendale police, authorities executed a search warrant on the suspect's home in Temecula on Feb. 25 and found the victim's property and a whole lot more.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 days agoKeep it in the family: how Johannes Vermeer's paintings remained out of view for so long
Magdalena Pieters van Ruijven's collection of Vermeer paintings was unique in its preservation and scale, comprising nearly two-thirds of his known works.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks agoSnuffboxes stolen in Paris daylight robbery to go on display at V&A
Two recovered 18th-century gold snuffboxes stolen from a Paris exhibition in 2024 will display at the V&A Museum's reopened Gilbert Galleries starting March 14, 2025.
fromArtnet News
3 weeks agoJeweled Snuffboxes Stolen in Brazen Paris Heist Go on Display
The exquisite, jewel-encrusted boxes were badly damaged in 2024, after they were among seven treasures stolen from Paris's Musée Cognacq-Jay by a gang of axe-wielding thieves. The perpetrators broke into the temporary exhibition, titled "Luxe de Poche," or "Pocket Luxury," on November 20, making off with goods that were, at the time, reported to be worth more than €1 million.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago'Lost' painting reattributed to Rembrandt by Rijksmuseum's researchers
The Rijksmuseum rediscovered a lost 1633 Rembrandt painting depicting the biblical story of Zacharias, authenticated through modern scanning techniques after decades of doubt about its authenticity.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months agoThieves empty Dutch silver museum in early morning heist
"The silver price is high... but for us it is of course far more than the silver price," the museum's chairman Ernst Boesveld told The Art Newspaper. "It is about the stories behind every mustard pot, it is history and it is cultural heritage. We are enormously disappointed and angry."
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