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Search for the World's Most Wanted Art
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This is a journalistic inquiry by Saz Productions, Inc. to acquire information for a television & new media production. In the process we hope to publicize lost art and offer assistance towards its recovery. Collectors, journalists, researchers, and others with questions or contributions e-mail art-theft@webtv.net
Archive: 1999 Updates
Five paintings were briefly stolen from Rome's Capitoline Museum this past month. As thieves are learning, it is difficult to fence significant works of art. The works were found abandoned several days after their theft. For timelier updates, you can read a collection of our dispatches archived at the Museum Security Network.
A major art recovery took place in New York City. Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Rabbi" and two other Dutch paintings stolen in 1978 were recovered. Again, persistence pays off.
Also, this past month saw the 1999 INTERPOL conference on stolen art held in Lyon France. Coverage of the conference can be found at the Museum Security Network.
The recent recovery of Greek antiquities, stolen from Corinth's Archaeological Museum in 1990, reminds us that major art crimes can be solved! Sometimes it just takes patience. Congratulations to the FBI and their Miami office for a job well done. You can read about this and other related art crime stories at the Museum Security Network.
Corporate reshuffling at Saz Productions. We continue our work towards the production of "A Search for the World's Most Wanted Art."
What's a month without a Rembrandt theft. Thieves struck a Museum in France's Toulon region this past month. They took the Master's "Child with Soap Bubbles". This and other recent thefts are noted on our page of Major Art Thefts of 1999.
The Jouve company (international info co.) will be releasing a CD ROM of stolen art works. The specialized INTERPOL database will be available later this month. The annual cost for the CD and updates is $498 (US).
This past month saw the publication of Archaeology, Antiquities, Theft, and Looting - ("An Electronic Bibliography" of URL's ) Our thanks to the Museum Security Network for hosting and distributing this material.
We've updated our site adding a page for the Major Thefts of 1999. We've also bolstered our Art Theft Links page to provide a broader view of recovery resources. And as always, we continue to update our stolen art listings on line.
The Museum Security Network has published a web page of our correspondences. (Thanks to Moderator Ton Cremers) The webpage offers a wealth of information for those interested in the field of stolen art. Also, the Museum Security Network has added a very good page of information about WWII and Looted Art.
Our thanks to those who so kindly welcomed us at the National Cultural Property conference. This month we've add more information WWII / Holocaust stolen art , which we hope will be of interest.
This past month saw several major art thefts. In Denmark, the Nivaagaard Collection in Hoersholm, was robbed of two significant paintings. In the United Kingdom, gunmen stole paintings from the York City Art Gallery. RECOVERED 5/17/99 The haul included works by Turner, Stickert, Bartolommeo and others.
If you have any information regarding either of these thefts please contact the appropriate authorities.
This month we welcome readers from NATPE (National Association of Television Programming Executives) We hope to see you in New Orleans Jan 25 - Jan 28. We hope 1999 is a great year for all.
In addition to the world's greatest art thefts and current listings of stolen art; this month we've included more resources about stolen cultural property. Stolen musical instrument (rare), listings have been added to our stolen cultural property page ( books, manuscripts, artifacts, and fossils.). We hope this information will be of use to collectors, investigators, journalists, researchers, students, and others interested in the protection and recovery of cultural property.
Jonathan Sazonoff
President, SAZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.
SAZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.
e-mail art-theft@webtv.net
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