Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство

They willingly steal antique linen 23/02/12 1:00 TVNZ

From a museum in Egypt, dragged Van Gogh masterpiece "Poppy!" The police returned the painting to the place, but the thing: it was a fake. In these days announced the names of the artists whose work is most often disappear. How many great works of walks on the unclean hands of thieves and collectors?
A thief stole a painting for a thief
In my opinion, art thieves - romantic maniacs on his head. Well stolen. And then what? How to sell something? All masterpieces - van gogi-made-Picasso - are counted, recorded and stamped. Pushed around by a thief and will refer back to painting. And do not laugh, a lot of cases! In 2009 the Brussels Museum of armed robbers rested "Olympia" Rene Magritte (worth 3 million euros). Desperate to sell the painting, would-be robbers tossed it to art, but the - the police.

"Olympia" Rene Magritte.

And here's another funny incident. In the painting "Christ Taking into custody" (also called "The Kiss of Judas"), Michelangelo Caravaggio. Steal it just whistled. That in Odessa, in Ireland. And then return. Because there are dozens of clones of the work of Caravaggio, who did not bother to sign the canvas, and so it is often imitated. "The Kiss of Judas" is in the U.S., in Rome, Florence ... Where the original - still wondering. And it is good. Tselee be.
And here is a fresh case of Van Gogh. In August of 2010, his "Poppy" a $ 55 million was stolen from a museum in Cairo. "Poppies" has stolen in 1978, while looking for 2 years now. Now quickly uncovered the theft, but it turned out, this is a copy.

Van Gogh. "Poppies"

But sometimes thieves naturally move down the rails, being alone with a masterpiece. Thus, in May 2010 in Paris, the museum took away five paintings worth a total of 200 million euros, "Dove with Green Peas," Picasso, "Pastoral" by Matisse, "Olive Tree near Estaka" Marriage, "Woman with a Fan" by Modigliani and "Still Life with candlesticks, "Leger (he was the main purpose of the gang). One of the thieves after the arrest of accomplices panicked and threw the picture in the trash, cutting them into small pieces. This is called theft of one of the most famous (stupid, meaningless - the list goes on).
Nevertheless, the kidnapping of works of art - a very profitable business. And for a long time. Back in 1473 pirates seized a ship carrying the work of Hans Memling's "Last Judgment" for the decoration of the church de 'Medici in Florence. Then someone presented it to the Gdansk cathedral, where it is today.

Hans Memling "Last Judgement"

Speaking of ships. Recently sunken "Costa Concordia" was packed with treasures to the eyeballs of human talent, including a unique collection of Japanese prints XVII - XIX centuries. Now the ship lies off the coast of Italy, and in the spring, as soon as the water warms, begin to curl around the need divers hoping to carry off anything.
According to statistics, every stolen masterpieces worth about six billion (!) Dollars. As profits theft of paintings comparable to drug and arms trafficking. The "art mafia" has supporters in the government tweaked the criminal scheme. But still, in most cases, the most famous masterpieces stolen police is through auctions or "antique black" working on two fronts.

"The old men-robbers," Nikulin and Evstigneev sneak a picture, but then returned to do it in a museum. In life, it happens quite often!

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