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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by mulmen on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:38PM (#22730176)
Apparently they can be used as collateral between criminals for loans. They can also be used as an insurance policy if the criminal is ever caught. Offer to exchange the art for a lesser sentence. A literal get out of jail free card.
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by bogomipz on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:12PM (#22730563)
This was the certainly the case in the Gardner Museum heist in Boston in the 90s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museu...

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gardner-heist-suspect-rele...

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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by Igelau on Monday March 30, 2020 @08:24PM (#22733731)
Those police sketches of the thieves look an awful lot like Mario and Luigi...
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by mulmen on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:25PM (#22731375)
Thanks, I was familiar with the anecdote but couldn't remember the source. I did a quick search but didn't find it. I thought it may have happened with a major drug dealer as well? Not sure on that.
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by lb1lf on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:54PM (#22731027)
-A few years ago, months after Norway had witnessed a HEAT-style armed robbery during which a police officer was killed, Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ and ‘Madonna’ were stolen from the National Gallery to divert resources away from the ongoing manhunt after the HEAT robbery.

Didn’t work.

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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by hannob on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:11PM (#22730554)
> Offer to exchange the art for a lesser sentence. A literal get out of jail free card.

Has that ever happened? I'd assume this would be super controversial.

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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by paulie_a on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:31PM (#22730754)
A guy out of Boston did that...for paintings he actually stole.

I think the book was the art of the heist

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