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17,456. It was the biggest art heist in American history. Half a billion dollars’ worth of paintings snatched from the walls of a Boston gallery ... That was sixteen years ago. Since then teams of FBI agents have worked on the case. (Gangs US: Boston & & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) Art of the Heist: The World’s Biggest Heist
17,457. Isabella Stewart became the centre of an elite artistic circle. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,458. Two thousand five hundred art works in all. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,459. Among the collection was The Concert by Vermeer. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,460. None of it was insured. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists: Boston) ibid.
17,461. The two men appear to be wearing police uniforms. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,462. The three Rembrandts they took were priceless. One was The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists: US) ibid.
17,463. At 2.28 a.m. after nearly an hour of plundering the thieves returned to the security desk on the ground floor with their booty. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,464. The thieves did not wear masks. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,465. The thieves never ventured up to the third floor of the gallery when Titian’s Europa, the museum’s most valuable treasure, still hangs untouched. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
17,466. The letter writer was never heard from again. (Gangs US: Boston & Robbery & Art & Boston & Museum & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
18,692. Nearly thirty years ago seven paintings, including a priceless Cezanne, were stolen from a private collection in America. (Gangs US: Boston & Heists US: Boston) Art of the Heist: Chasing Cezanne
17,467. Two men knocked on the door of the museum and they were dressed as policemen. There were two guards on duty who let them in, and who were then tied up. These are the most valuable pictures which have been stolen in one crime, and they haven’t been recovered. (Gangs US: Boston & Boston & Museum & Robbery & Heists US: Boston) Julian Radcliffe OBE, Art Loss Register
17,468. On 18th March 1990 a pair of daring art thieves set their sights on $200 million of art in a poorly protected museum. It was the largest art robbery in American history. And one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. (Gangs US: Boston & Boston & Museum & Robbery & Heists US: Boston) Robberies of the Century
17,469. $200M of art stolen in picture-perfect heist. (Gangs US: Boston & Boston & Museum & Robbery & Heists US: Boston) Boston Herald headline
136,347. In June last year I got a tip-off from a reliable source promising to take me on a journey to recover painting stolen from the world’s biggest art theft, works that so far have been missing for thirty years. Thirteen works of art including three Rembrandts and a Vermeer were stolen. Their value is now estimated at around $1 billion. (Art & Gangs US: Boston & Boston & Museum & Robbery & Heists US: Boston) The Billion Dollar Art Hunt, John Wilson reporting, BBC 2020
136,348. Does a violent Irish gangsta hold the solution to a thirty-year mystery? (Art & Gangs US: Boston & Boston & Museum & Robbery & Heists US: Boston) ibid.
136,349. Boston St Patrick’s Day 1990 when two men approach the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, the finest in Boston, just after midnight … The two thieves in Boston stayed allegedly 81 minutes to chose their pieces. (Art & Gangs US: Boston & Boston & Museum & Robbery & Heists US: Boston) ibid.