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Fake Japer Johns Flag Nets Court Appearance Rather Than $11 Million
Sounding a bit like an alchemist’s spell gone awry, a New York foundry owner attempted to mix wax, bronze, and an American flag in his crucible hoping to produce $11 million dollars. Instead he
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UPDATE 2: Over $10 Million in Stolen Artwork Recovered After Offer of $1.7 Million Reward
Money talks! Several days ago we wrote that financier Jeffrey Gundlach had upped the ante for the safe recovery of his art collection to $1.7 million which included the highest ever reward offered for
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Stealing Rembrandt
Title: Stealing Rembrandt (orig. Danish title Rembrandt) Artist: Rembrandt Date: 2003 Genre: Drama/Comedy Subcategory: Art Theft Language : Danish Director: Jannick Johansen Time: 103 min A family of small time career criminals accept a
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Ronald Coles, the Bernie Madoff of Australian Art World Faces up to 10 Years in Prison
Ronald Coles, once one of Australia’s leading art dealers, boasting of annual turnover of over A$ 30 million and seen driving a Bentley with the vanity plates BUY ART was just charged with 77
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New Denver Clyfford Still Museum a Hit as Drunken Viewer Punches Painting and Urinates on Herself
The New Clyfford Still Museum in Denver made headlines in 2011 as it sold 4 Still paintings at Sotheby’s fall sale for $114 million to raise money for the new museum in Denver. Well
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