Theft
Few would dispute that the Internet has been a boon for criminal activity in the art world. The Internet has provided global access to criminals looking to sell stolen objects or fakes to often...
Read MoreArticle, May 7, 2008
About 1998 I went to the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum to look at Vermeer’s The Concert. Imagine my embarrassment when I found an empty spot on the wall. Somehow, I’d missed the fact...
Read MoreArticle, May 29, 2007
A lesson in keeping records and photos of antiques and collectibles — In the early hours of Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007, while Andrew and Kelly Vogel, owners of Wellesley House...
Read MoreArticle, February 1, 2007
You often hear the phrase "crime doesn’t pay." Well, in the business of art crime, art thieves take every effort to make an exception to the rule. As art crime remains a serious and growing crimi...
Read MoreArticle, October 12, 2006
What do three Rembrandts, a Vermeer, a Manet, five Degas and a Cezanne have in common? All are among the still missing works of art on the FBI’s list of top 10 art thefts worldwide...
Read MoreArticle, September 20, 2006
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