9 Most Insane Art Heists of All Time
From stealing priceless Picasso works from museums, to snatching the Mona Lisa, here are 9 most insane Art Heists of all time!\r
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3. Mexico City Anthropology Heist\r
People who are able to steal artifs from a lost civilization are really stealing more than just something with monetary value. It doesnt have Theyre stealing knowledge that just simply cant be replaced. In Mexico City in 1985, 140 of the most valuable Aztec, Mayan and other pre columbian artifs were from the National Museum of Anthropology on Christmas Eve! This was not a holly jolly christmas morning for anthropologists! It seems clear that the crooks studied their history and went right for all the most valuable items. This was the largest heist on pre columbian artifs ever! It doesnt always have to be monet, or picasso for it to be a lucrative art heis. Man of the artifs were made from valuable raw materials like gold or jade. This photo here shows Pacals burial mask made of jade, to give you an idea what was robbed here! Officials couldnt really put an ex number on how much the heist was worth because of how unique and historical important the items were. Some estimated as much as 32 million dollars but who knows how much they would sell for on the black market! \r
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2. Stephane Breitwieser\r
Possibly the greatest art thief of all time, Stephane Breitwieser, is a Frenchman whos managed to pull of 239 pieces of totally an estimated worth 1.4 Billion dollars! But it was never his goal to get rich off the whole thing. Oh no. This Frenchman just had a serious love for art and would just steal for his own personal art collection. You can imagine his apartment was probably pretty nicely decorated. Hes possibly the most consistent art thief as well and normally pulled off a different heist once every 2 weeks. His first theft was from a castle in Bonn, Germany and since then he got hooked on the thrill. He acquire a vast collection and could remember every last detail of what it was like to steal that item and what it was exly by heart. He would use his girlfriend as a lookout while he would take the nails out of the frame and slip the painting under his jacket. The most valuable work of art he was able to steal was the by German artist Lucas Cranach the elder, Sibylle of the Cleves that we see here. Estimated price for something like this? 6 Million dollars! He eventually got caught trying to steal a bugle in Lucerne Switzerland by a security guard! He made it off that day but people were beginning to recognize him. His mother, worried about his capture, began destroying magnificent pieces of artwork, and threw paintings into the Rhone River. Its quite the interesting tale and he describes in in his book, confessions dun voleur dart, It seems as though since he was not selling the art he only received a slap on the wrist and did 26 months in jail.\r
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1.The Mona Lisa Heist\r
The most famous and the most sought after paintings among art thieves is certainly the mona lisa. Currently its protected behind bulletproof glass at the Louvre museum and its one of Leonardo Da Vincis most celebrated looks. Ever since it made its first appearance in the Napoleons bedroom in 1800, people have been looking to get their filthy paws on it. It almost seems as though that the process of people trying to steal it was whats made it famous. The mysterious smiling woman was first stolen off the walls by an Italian man, Vincenzo Peruggia, trying to bring Mona back under Italian possession once again. On August 2nd, 1911, the louvre worker hid inside the museum and knew that it would be closed on the following sunday. He kept the famous painting in his apartment for two years! Now thats some classy decoration! He claims that it was basically stolen by Napoleon and his motives were patriotic but he probably didnt know that leonardo created this for the French King Francois the first. Anyways, the painting needed to be protected from theft once again during world war II when the nazis came to Paris. This photo here displays the artwork finally being returned to the louvre after moving it to the Southwest of France near the city of Toulouse for safekeeping.
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3. Mexico City Anthropology Heist\r
People who are able to steal artifs from a lost civilization are really stealing more than just something with monetary value. It doesnt have Theyre stealing knowledge that just simply cant be replaced. In Mexico City in 1985, 140 of the most valuable Aztec, Mayan and other pre columbian artifs were from the National Museum of Anthropology on Christmas Eve! This was not a holly jolly christmas morning for anthropologists! It seems clear that the crooks studied their history and went right for all the most valuable items. This was the largest heist on pre columbian artifs ever! It doesnt always have to be monet, or picasso for it to be a lucrative art heis. Man of the artifs were made from valuable raw materials like gold or jade. This photo here shows Pacals burial mask made of jade, to give you an idea what was robbed here! Officials couldnt really put an ex number on how much the heist was worth because of how unique and historical important the items were. Some estimated as much as 32 million dollars but who knows how much they would sell for on the black market! \r
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2. Stephane Breitwieser\r
Possibly the greatest art thief of all time, Stephane Breitwieser, is a Frenchman whos managed to pull of 239 pieces of totally an estimated worth 1.4 Billion dollars! But it was never his goal to get rich off the whole thing. Oh no. This Frenchman just had a serious love for art and would just steal for his own personal art collection. You can imagine his apartment was probably pretty nicely decorated. Hes possibly the most consistent art thief as well and normally pulled off a different heist once every 2 weeks. His first theft was from a castle in Bonn, Germany and since then he got hooked on the thrill. He acquire a vast collection and could remember every last detail of what it was like to steal that item and what it was exly by heart. He would use his girlfriend as a lookout while he would take the nails out of the frame and slip the painting under his jacket. The most valuable work of art he was able to steal was the by German artist Lucas Cranach the elder, Sibylle of the Cleves that we see here. Estimated price for something like this? 6 Million dollars! He eventually got caught trying to steal a bugle in Lucerne Switzerland by a security guard! He made it off that day but people were beginning to recognize him. His mother, worried about his capture, began destroying magnificent pieces of artwork, and threw paintings into the Rhone River. Its quite the interesting tale and he describes in in his book, confessions dun voleur dart, It seems as though since he was not selling the art he only received a slap on the wrist and did 26 months in jail.\r
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1.The Mona Lisa Heist\r
The most famous and the most sought after paintings among art thieves is certainly the mona lisa. Currently its protected behind bulletproof glass at the Louvre museum and its one of Leonardo Da Vincis most celebrated looks. Ever since it made its first appearance in the Napoleons bedroom in 1800, people have been looking to get their filthy paws on it. It almost seems as though that the process of people trying to steal it was whats made it famous. The mysterious smiling woman was first stolen off the walls by an Italian man, Vincenzo Peruggia, trying to bring Mona back under Italian possession once again. On August 2nd, 1911, the louvre worker hid inside the museum and knew that it would be closed on the following sunday. He kept the famous painting in his apartment for two years! Now thats some classy decoration! He claims that it was basically stolen by Napoleon and his motives were patriotic but he probably didnt know that leonardo created this for the French King Francois the first. Anyways, the painting needed to be protected from theft once again during world war II when the nazis came to Paris. This photo here displays the artwork finally being returned to the louvre after moving it to the Southwest of France near the city of Toulouse for safekeeping.
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