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"Seach for the World's Most Wanted Art"
Copyright © 1998 - 2006 Saz Productions, Inc.
2006's Most Wanted Art
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, police, and others with questions or contributions e-mail saz@saztv.com
- Jonathan Sazonoff
President, SAZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Contributing US Editor
Museum Security Network
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Welcome attendees of the Cambridge CRASSH Academic Conference on Art Theft. We look forward to meeting and exchanging ideas in Europe. Saz Productions will continue to preach the importance of digital media in the fight against culture's thieves.
Next, we've merged this year's headlines into geographic headings. Hope this better highlights the international scope of art crime.
AFRICA:
[MSN] Benin. Objects stolen from the Abomey Museum in Benin in 2001 - appeal
[MSN] Niger. Le Niger retrouve son patrimoine pill. 845 pices archologiques
[MSN] South Africa. Police hunt for stolen Benin Bronze leopard statues
[MSN] Zimbabwe. Theft from National Museum in Zimbabwe. Reward offered.
ASIA:
[MSN] China. Mystery of Missing Peking Man Fossils
[MSN] Georgia. Museum theft of the 1990's partially solved.
[MSN] India. Ahmedabad police seized more than 200 idols
[MSN] India. Ancient Ganesha idol stolen in Himachal
[MSN] Mongolia. Museum Robbery Night Guard Murdered
AUSTRALIA / NZ:
[MSN] Australia. PAINTINGS stolen in a ram raid at a Gold Coast Gallery
[MSN] Australia. Aboriginal art stolen from a Melbourne gallery
[MSN] Australia. $15,000 sculpture stolen
[MSN] New Zealand. Rash Of Art Gallery Thefts
EUROPE:
[MSN] Austria. 16 paintings worth 300,000 Euro Stolen
[MSN] Austria. RECOVERY - Strange case of the £35m saltcellar
[MSN] Belgium. Massive artwork theft in popular Brussels castle
[MSN] Bulgaria. Museum theft. Veliko Tarnovo Museum Robbed of Artifacts
[MSN] France. Les policiers ont saisi 600 oeuvres d'art estimes 350 000 euros.
[MSN] Germany. Kostbares Spitzweg-Gemlde gestohlen
[MSN] Germany. Museum theft. - Carl Spitzweg
[MSN] Germany. "Denker" von Alex Jiresch gestohlen
[MSN] Greece. Antiquities seizure was 'one of the biggest'
[MSN] Greece. Police unearth antiquities stash
[MSN] Italy. Horace farm find back in Rome. Satyr stolen in 1977
[MSN] Italy. Ritrovata una viola unica al mondo rubata 26 anni fa
[MSN] Italy. Beni culturali: cc recuperano 100 opere sacre, 2 arresti
[MSN] Malta. Police seize 40 paintings and other stolen items
[MSN] Netherlands. Police Return Stolen Van Gogh Work to Dutch Bank
[MSN] Spain. Recuperan obras de arte de Mir robadas en la provincia de Cuenca
[MSN] Serbia. Valuable paintings stolen from museum
[MSN] Spain. Sculpture stolen in Luca Bos museum in Segovia
[MSN] Sweden. Stockholm museum theft. Strindberg painting stolen
[MSN] Sweden. Statue by Carl Milles stolen from outside hospital
[MSN] Sweden / US. Art thief's hoard located in Santa Cruz house
[MSN] Switzerland. Vol de deux portraits de Mick Jagger sign?s Warhol
[MSN] Switzerland. Theft - 57 Objekte Vindonissa-Museum gestohlen
[MSN] UK. Tons of ancient Afghan artefacts seized in Britain
[MSN] UK. Items stolen in Britain's 'biggest burglary' are recovered
[MSN] UK. Harry Hyams loses rare antiques in raid
[MSN] UK. Chadwick sculpture stolen from a London university
[MSN] UK. Second bronze sculpture stolen
LATIN AMERICA:
[MSN] Bolivia. Roban 5 coloniales oleos de iglesia de Chicani
[MSN] Brazil. Thieves use crowds as cover to snatch Picasso, Matisse, Monet, & Dali
[MSN] Chile. Roban dos importantes cuadros del Bellas Artes
[MSN] Colombia. Robo Bogot / Church theft Bogota, Colombia
[MSN] Colombia. Roban cinco pinturas de siglos XVII y XVIII de templo bogotano
[MSN] Guatamala. Recupera la PGR obra de arte sacro robada
[MSN] Mexico Roban un valioso incunable
[MSN] Mexico. Roban piezas prehispnicas del Anahuacalli.
[MSN] Mexico Roban lienzos y figuras religiosas de iglesia mexiquense del siglo XVI
[MSN] Peru. Roban ocho lienzos de incalculable valor en Peru
NORTH AMERICA:
[MSN] Canada. Jewelled slippers recovered, man arrested
[MSN] Canada. Thieves make off with 60 paintings.
[MSN] Canada. $35,000 bronze dog stolen
[MSN] Canada. Bata family offers $25, 000 reward for safe return of royal slippers
[MSN] US. Chicago, IL - Thieves steal River North sculptures
[MSN] US. Dallas, TX - Stolen Stradivarius returning to Dallas
[MSN] US. Carlsbad museum theft. Nearly $20, 000 in art missing
[MSN] US. MA - 1978 art heist solved. Retired Mass. lawyer held stolen paintings
[MSN] US. Miami, FL - Painting stolen - Emiliano Gironella Parra- El Pombo
[MSN] US. Columbus, OH - Sculptures Stolen From Art Gallery
Welcome visitors from the Smithsonian's National Conference on Cultural Property Protection. It's been buzy on the art theft beat with several new additions to our MOST WANTED page.
As for headlines in the world of art crime, an armed robbery amid Carnaval in Rio, thieves raid an English manor, a Castle burglary in Brussels, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. This stuff is made for TV, but I digress. To the headlines...
We welcome all readers attending this years NATPE conference & convention. To potential media partners, please visit our TV page for more information. Hope to see you in Vegas.
Next, belated thank you to all our gracious hosts in Europe. AXA Insurance held a conference (at the British Museum) affording the opportunity to visit with a number of art crime authorities. Again, thanks to everyone involved for their hospitality.
Next, our Art Crime Index is undergoing a major renovation. Pardon the construction while we clean up and upgrade some 400 new pages. It's an editors nightmare....yips!
And finally, we are experimenting with a slight format change for the update page. We've in-filled 2005's updates with highlights from the Cultural Property Protection Network & Museum Security Network mailing lists. Hope you find this of interest...
Archive: 2005 UPDATES (Part II) July - December 2005
Archive: 2005 UPDATES (Part I.) January - June 2005
Archive: 2004 UPDATES (Part II) July - December 2004
Archive: 2004 UPDATES (Part I) January - June 2004
Archive: 2003 UPDATES (Part II) July - December 2003
Archive: 2003 UPDATES (Part I) January - June 2003
Archive: 2002 UPDATES
Archive: 2001 UPDATES
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Archive: 1999 UPDATES
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