Monday, February 11, 2008

Thieves take $164 million art works in Swiss heist (Reuters)

A police handout shows the painting 'Poppies near Vetheuil' by French artist Claude Monet (1840 - 1926). Paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth $164 million were stolen in broad daylight on Sunday from the private Buehrle Collection in Zurich, police said in a statement. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters worth $164 million from a Zurich museum in Switzerland's biggest art theft, police said on Monday.


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