Marc
Jul 1st, 2008
Jul 1st, 2008
How to sell a (stolen) Monet, a (stolen) Sisley and a (stolen) Jan Brueghel?
[Cliffs near Dieppe, Claude Monet, 1897, oil on canvas, 65×100 cm]
A Frenchman living in Florida was indicted this week for attempting to sell stolen paintings. He was trying to sell the four artworks stolen at gunpoint from the Museum of Fine Arts in Nice last year - and that have been found since. The asking price? Three million dollars for the four paintings, a bargain!
Makes me wonder how many stolen works are sleeping in the coffers of wealthy individuals without scruples at this very moment…