The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061451843 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. . Boser, a contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report, turned amateur sleuth after the death of a legendary independent fine arts claims adjuster, Harold Smith, who was haunted by the Gardner robbery. From Publishers Weekly In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, thieves posing as cops entered Bostons Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and left with a haul unrivaled in the art world, including three Rembrandts and a Vermeer, valued today at $600 million. Along the way, he visited felons—including the notorious art thief Myles Connor—and Bob Wittman, the FBIs only art theft undercover agent. Bose
JKH1 said Five Stars. Great read. "Fascinating" according to E. Caisse. I like mysteries and this one is real, which made it very compelling. It goes into detail about the theft of paintings from the Garner Museum and how the author of the book became a sleauth in hunting down the paintings.To this day the paintings are still missing, almost 20 years after the theft, so the book is not one where there is any clear answers as to where the paintings may be or who took them, but he lays out some good arguments as to who probably has them.Perhaps one day the paintings may show up again and this mystery is answered.. Its all about the paintings I truly enjoyed this book. I am a lover of art and enjoy going to museums especially when I travel. It gives you a different perspective on how criminals view art. I will look forward to reading the book someone writes about how the Gardner Museum recovers the lost art.
A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.. Exploring Smith's unfinished leads, Boser travels deep into the art underworld and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including a brilliant rock 'n' roll thief, a gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse, and the enigmatic late Boston heiress Isabella Stewart Gardner herself. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. Boser becomes increasingly obsessed with the case and eventually uncovers startling new evidence about the identities of the thieves. Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries.After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case. But after thousands of leads—and a $5 million reward—none of the paintings have been recovered