Rembrandt 'heist' nets $250k drawing - Democratic Underground

tawadi

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Sun Aug-14-11 11:27 PM
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Rembrandt 'heist' nets $250k drawing

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

Rembrandt 'heist' nets $250k drawing

2:09 PM Monday Aug 15, 2011

A drawing by Rembrandt, valued at $250,000, was stolen from a hotel in Southern California in what sheriff's investigators said was a well-planned heist.

The pen-and-ink drawing, believed to be called "The Judgment," was snatched Saturday night while a curator was distracted by a guest at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sunday.

Detectives believe the theft occurred during a 15-minute window starting at 10:20 p.m.

Read more: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10745210

A photo of the hotel from the LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-stolen-rembrandt-20110815,0,6729655.story

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provis99

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Mon Aug-15-11 02:40 AM
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1. Rembrandt? feh. I'd rather have a Vermeer.

I'd pay a few bucks for the Girl With a Pearl Earring painting.

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anamandujano

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Mon Aug-15-11 04:19 PM
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2. A "few bucks" might get you and Scarlett Johansson a happy meal

but only if you're really really really good looking.

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