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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:07 PM Original message |
Here’s the Friday Afternoon Challenge for you, returning by popular demand: The Back Story, Part 2! |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. First one looks like a depiction of Jesus Walking on Water, but I'm not sure |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. hmm... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Got it! Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt ... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And...the back story...??? |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. #1 backstory |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. What was the reference in the hint to? |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The Concert |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. There you go...I knew it was in there in the story of the heist... |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. the concerts at the Gardner |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I doubt that. There was a chance that it could be recovered after the theft but |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Just a reminder ... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. According to the book I read on the theft, these works have been |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Matisse and Chagall, but I don't know the works OR the stories. Hmmmm... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Did the hints help...or just confuse? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not necessarily confuse...but I'm surprised I can't put my finger on them... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And therein lies ... the BACK STORY!!! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. The more I look at it, the more I'm convinced that the Chagall is not a Chagall. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You might have something there...just keep looking... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. You might want to pursue this a bit further with the Chagall... |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe you can't hang the last one because it is a forgery? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hey...do you know the van Meergeren story? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I always wanted to be an art forger |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Oh, do I love that! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. dupe delete |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. No wonder Judas looks like Marty Feldman :) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's really a mystery...this thing. BUT, what artist was van Meergen forgering? |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Generic Other deserves first crack at this |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I agree! It's a great yarn...and all true!!! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Is he in jail proving he can paint a vermeer? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Most people think his "vermeers" are ugly as hell. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. He was a master a engineering this whole Vermeer scam. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. On Number 5, think of how this masterpiece got into this country so easily. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Ok, a major clue..."Thank you Payne-Aldrich"... |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. #5 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Now there you go, horseshoecrab! He put that provision in the Act specifically for |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am so sad that at this time that # 4 has not been guessed. |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. #4 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Ok, what about #s 2, 3 and 4? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I googled fake Chagall and found a motherlode of them for sale on ebay |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
40. Answers and "back stories" will be posted Saturday..... |
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