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Drouot Auction House Trial Ends With Thirty-Eight Jailed For Theft

by News Desk | Sep 7, 2016 | News

The trial in Paris involving many of the porters and auctioneers at the renowned Hotel Drouot auction house has ended with the jailing of 35 porters and three auctioneers. The defendants, who transported and stored objects destined for sale by Drouot, were found...

Dismaland: Opportunistic Thieves Steal Banksy’s ‘Dismal Aid’ Sign

by News Desk | Oct 24, 2015 | News

Bristol street artist Banksy’s ‘crap’ dystopian theme park Dismaland was recently dismantled and shipped to a migrant camp near Calais to make shelters. The famed parked had featured a ruined fairytale castle, a crashed Cinderella coach and miserable...
Rodin Sculpture Theft: $300,000 Bust Missing From Copenhagen Museum

Rodin Sculpture Theft: $300,000 Bust Missing From Copenhagen Museum

by News Desk | Aug 20, 2015 | News

A sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) valued at  $300,000 has been stolen from a Copenhagen Museum (Ny Carlsberg Glypotek). Two men posing as tourists were spotted on cctv in the area at the time the work of art was taken. It is thought that they...

Christie’s Theft: £1m In Jewels Stolen In London Headquarters Heist

by News Desk | Dec 22, 2014 | News

Thieves have breached stringent security at Christie’s London flagship headquarters to pull off a heist valued at up to a million pounds. The stolen items, thought to be mostly jewellery and small antiques, included works by the Russian jewellers Fabergé. Police...
Warhol Nephews Defend Alleged Liz Portrait’s ‘Patient Thief’

Warhol Nephews Defend Alleged Liz Portrait’s ‘Patient Thief’

by News Desk | Dec 12, 2014 | News

In October it was reported that the Andy Warhol Foundation filed a lawsuit against former Warhol bodyguard Agusto Bugarin after it was alleged that the former employee had stolen a 1964 Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, resulting in Manhattan Supreme Court justice...
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