Hello, how are you doing? I hope everything is okey for guys! Now, here it is another post again in Thursday, doing my weekly task but now with a different art heist. Today I’m going to tell you about something kind of similar of the last post, do you remember talked about two masked thieves entering with guns and taking two paintings to a waiting car? Well now I’m going to tell you about something happened in the private Buehrle Collection… where FOUR oil paintings were stolen. Maybe you already know them or maybe not, they were: Cezanne's The Boy in the Red Vest, Degas' Viscount Lepic and His Daughters, Monet's Poppies Near Vetheuil and Van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches. (TVNZ)
The heist happened during broad daylight, but almost in time for when the museum closes; three masked men entered with their handguns and went to get the paintings from their places. Thankfully there wasn’t any person hurt or killed. Then, each of the rubbers took the paintings to a white car waiting for them. The theft happened a Sunday and the paintings were stolen from the private Buehrle Collection and what’s most incredible, or should I say surprising, is that, as the head of investigations for the Zurich police, Peter Rueegger said: "This is the biggest robbery in Switzerland in an art museum and one of the biggest art robberies in Europe" (Rueegger, TVNZ) And I have to admit he got a point in that, I mean, four paintings in one try! And what’s most, the amount estimated to be paid for the paintings is $160 million US dollars… $160 millions! Can you believe that? (TVNZ)
And that was it guys! Thanks so much for reading today’s post and sorry this time it was shorter than the usual, but well, once in a time is fine. I’ll post next week, so comment until then!! :D
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- Stephany Gómez Oropeza (A01280160)
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TVNZ. “Thieves nab $207 million in art heist.” onenews. 12 de February de 2008. <http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/1578908>.
Like always I really like your posts! And now this topic is less surprising than the others, but it is interesting how the robbers can steal paintings at the sunlight! And anyone noticed. And it is good that there was no people hurt or killed, because imagine that someone were killed, only for 4 paintings! That is stupid!
ResponderEliminarWell, I see you next week, and I hope you have a nice weekend.
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Hi Epy!
ResponderEliminaras always, your post is interesting :D , but this one did really surprised me because the robbers stole four paintings in one try with in the daylight and also those were really important and popular painting, so I was like this --> O__O . But as Caro, I think it is good that nobody was present when the thieves entered the museum, so nobody was hurt or was pointed with the guns.
thanks for the information,
I'll be looking forward to your next post.
GBU, goodbye, have a nice day~!