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Alleged head of Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring leaves France amid ‘breakdown’ in criminal investigation – The Art Newspaper
Serop Simonian, the alleged head of an Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring that duped the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the…
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New York art adviser Lisa Schiff sentenced to prison for fraud – The Art Newspaper
Lisa Schiff, once a fixture of the New York art scene and an adviser to Hollywood stars and wealthy collectors,…
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Thirty five years on from ‘the world’s largest art heist’, how much are the works stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum worth? – The Art Newspaper
Tuesday, 18 March marks the 35th anniversary of the day thieves entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and seized 13…
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Member of museum theft ring sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing Warhol and Pollock works – The Art Newspaper
A member of a theft ring that stole numerous objects—including works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock—from museums over a…
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