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chun 05-20-2010 05:37 AM
Picasso + Matisse + 3 paintings stolen (worth over $600M)
 
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/05/20/...-masterpieces/

Quote:
Picasso, Matisse Among Stolen Masterpieces

By: Glen Levy (23 mins ago)


According to police reports, the theft took place overnight Wednesday at the Museum of Modern Art. The five missing paintings are said to be Le pigeon aux petits pois by Pablo Picasso, La pastorale by Henri Matisse, L’olivier pres de l’Estaque by Georges Braque, La femme a l’eventail by Amedeo Modigliani and Nature morte aux chandeliers by Fernand Leger.

A window at the museum had been broken and the padlock of a grill giving access was smashed. CCTV footage showed an individual climbing in through a window. Police have cordoned off the museum, which is in the 16th arrondisement, just across the river Seine from the Eiffel Tower.

But the motivation behind the crime — presumably the making of money — could be hard to achieve. French newspaper Le Monde reported that these paintings are so well-known that it will be difficult to sell them on the open market. Nevertheless, the police did describe the raid as one of the most daring in many years. The museum itself was taking a slightly more subtle approach: A notice on the door simply said, “Closed today for technical reasons.”

Five paintings worth over $600m — including masterpieces by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse — have been stolen from a Paris museum.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/05/20/...#ixzz0oTcHIi3I
Pink Panther?

Onassis 05-20-2010 06:01 AM
More like Thomas Crown...

Greenstoner 05-20-2010 07:46 AM
we need Sherlock Holmes

AzNightmare 05-20-2010 09:29 AM
I can't believe these pieces of artwork are worth so much.

Gt-R R34 05-20-2010 09:59 AM
^ i'm not.

but the #s always make me wonder how much Mona Lisa is acutally worth, IF you could quantify it. The paintings in the Louvre by Da Vinci are the definition of priceless.

I wonder if 2.5billion be a good starting benchmark for Mona Lisa.. hmm..

GabAlmighty 05-20-2010 10:07 AM
Fuck... I'll see you guys in a little while. Didn't think this would already be all over the internet.

Noir 05-20-2010 10:15 AM
Quote:
A window at the museum had been broken and the padlock of a grill giving access was smashed. CCTV footage showed an individual climbing in through a window. Police have cordoned off the museum, which is in the 16th arrondisement, just across the river Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
WTF? A smash and grab on a window & padlock is all it takes to steal $600M of fine arts in a museum? I was anticipating it would be far more complex than that.

Mugen EvOlutioN 05-20-2010 10:55 AM
houston we got a problem

skillznrice 05-20-2010 10:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Noir (Post 6959374)
WTF? A smash and grab on a window & padlock is all it takes to steal $600M of fine arts in a museum? I was anticipating it would be far more complex than that.
hmm sounds like the thiefs worked out a deal with the news reporters telling them to put a false story...

lol

AzNightmare 05-20-2010 11:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gt-R R34 (Post 6959355)
^ i'm not.

but the #s always make me wonder how much Mona Lisa is acutally worth, IF you could quantify it. The paintings in the Louvre by Da Vinci are the definition of priceless.

I wonder if 2.5billion be a good starting benchmark for Mona Lisa.. hmm..
But can you explain why these paintings are worth so much then?

Full`Throttle 05-20-2010 11:21 AM
^^ it's people who value the art and it's meaning that it's worth money to. These paintings are worth no more than a postage stamp to me.

flagella 05-20-2010 11:36 AM
lol you CAN'T quantify its values, so stop bothering.

Hehe 05-20-2010 12:15 PM
These masterpieces are worth so much because there's only 1 of them each.

And the talented painters already died, hence, no new one would ever be created again.

But again, if you have seen these masterpieces in real person you'd be stunned how much depth they have. When I was in Europe I went to see Mona Lisa along a couple of Van Gogh works. And I was speechless. Seeing them in person vs. pics on the net are totally different thing, and it would be a total privilege to be able to own one of them in the future.

StylinRed 05-20-2010 12:18 PM
The BBC was saying these types of thefts happen Often in France and the majority of the time the paintings/thieves aren't found

moomooCow 05-20-2010 12:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Noir (Post 6959374)
WTF? A smash and grab on a window & padlock is all it takes to steal $600M of fine arts in a museum? I was anticipating it would be far more complex than that.
:haha: yeah what the fuck?? Sounds like my house is more secure than the museum.......

b-dub 05-20-2010 01:16 PM
I don't get why people want to steal paintings, not like you can sell it on the open market. Diamonds or gold would be much easier to sell.

Mugen EvOlutioN 05-20-2010 01:19 PM
^

i was thinking the same

u steal it, than what? bring it home, hang it on the wall?


even if you do sell it, anyone with a pea size brain would know its stolen

StylinRed 05-20-2010 01:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN (Post 6959597)
^

i was thinking the same

u steal it, than what? bring it home, hang it on the wall?


even if you do sell it, anyone with a pea size brain would know its stolen

They sell it on the black market... they sell... people know its stolen... they don't care... they want THAT painting in their collection and there's NO other way in attaining it, not legally, hell they were probably paid by someone with $$$ before they did the smash n grab

asahai69 05-20-2010 02:32 PM
It was this man

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object3/...83383_4086.jpg

t8v6 05-20-2010 02:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by b-dub (Post 6959590)
I don't get why people want to steal paintings, not like you can sell it on the open market. Diamonds or gold would be much easier to sell.

^warning: nsfw
this piece of art is worth much more to me...

Hondaracer 05-20-2010 02:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hehe (Post 6959511)
These masterpieces are worth so much because there's only 1 of them each.

And the talented painters already died, hence, no new one would ever be created again.

But again, if you have seen these masterpieces in real person you'd be stunned how much depth they have. When I was in Europe I went to see Mona Lisa along a couple of Van Gogh works. And I was speechless. Seeing them in person vs. pics on the net are totally different thing, and it would be a total privilege to be able to own one of them in the future.
exactly

value in almost anything is based on rarity

ie. You have a wayne gretzky rookie card, sure it's gretzky and his first card, but there are 30,000 of them out there

find a card that had only 100-200 printed and it's obviously worth more

!Aznboi128 05-20-2010 02:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by t8v6 (Post 6959683)


this piece of art is worth much more to me...
spoiler is nsfw!

t8v6 05-20-2010 02:49 PM
oops edited :p

tegz 05-20-2010 03:31 PM
Niel Kaffrey from White Collar?

jtanner_ 05-20-2010 03:35 PM
Quite the security measures


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