Ten of the most incredible art heists of the modern era


	Ten of the most incredible art heists of the modern era
einbar
6-9-2008 8:00 AM
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'Art crime's history is long and bloody, dominated by the plundering of invading armies"
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6-9-2008 8:09 AM
alanocu
very interesting stuff - thanks for clipping
6-9-2008 4:24 PM
raven714
Good clip!
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<H2>124 gold, jade and stone pre-Columbian artifacts</H2>
<P><STRONG>Stolen from the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico, 
1985<BR>Status: Most items </STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=6" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=6" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smithsonianmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=6"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smithsonianmag.com/img/CF62BF3C-EB99-44B0-A2DA-33285F0D13D7" alt="Vermeer's <em>The Concert</em>" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=6">
<H2>13 masterpiece paintings and historical objects</H2>
<P><STRONG>Stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA, March 
18, 1990<BR>Status: Still missing</STRONG><BR></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=7" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=7" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smithsonianmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=7"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smithsonianmag.com/img/DEDB4DDA-374C-4FD5-93AC-D5F317D7D20E" alt="Kuwait National Museum" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=7">
<H2>20,000 pieces of Islamic art and historical objects</H2>
<P><STRONG>Stolen from the Kuwait National Museum and the House of Islamic 
Antiquities, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 1990-1991<BR>Status: Most it</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=8" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=8" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smithsonianmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=8"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smithsonianmag.com/img/6320A3C8-04FE-4834-93FA-7DA3EA399DE7" alt="Angkor Wat" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=8">
<H2>31 statues from the 12th century</H2>
<P><STRONG>Stolen from the Angkor Wat temple complex, Cambodia, 1993<BR>Status: 
Still missing</STRONG><BR></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=9" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=9" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smithsonianmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=9"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smithsonianmag.com/img/34489B73-F7F4-4D13-9C7E-2B44F2C410E3" alt="Edvard Munch" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=19009254&page=9">
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