Thieves steal gold from art installation in France
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Thieves have stolen a 12-kg (26 lb) bar of gold from an art installation by a U.S. artist in Paris, the Fondation Cartier art centre said on Friday.
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At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of nearly $66 million, were stolen from the artist's granddaughter's house in Paris, police said Wednesday.
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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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PARIS -- Thieves stole two diamonds worth more than $14.2 million from a display case at a Paris antique show near the Louvre on Monday, police said.
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Police in Switzerland have recovered artworks stolen earlier this month in a daring heist at a Zurich museum, Geneva police said Tuesday.
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A swindler posing as the owner of a jewelery store outside Paris managed to steal a set of luxury pens and watches with the unwitting help of local police and a locksmith, police said on Saturday.
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Armed robbers at Swiss museum make off with haul of works by Cezanne, van Gogh and Monet
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Thieves steal two diamonds worth around 11.5m euros (Â£7.82m) from a jewellery trade show in Paris.
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The thieves might not have known much about art, but they apparently knew what they liked: cash.Comment
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Precious paintings worth over 100 million Swiss francs (46.6 million pounds) were stolen from a Zurich museum in an armed robbery on Sunday, police said on Monday, the second dramatic art theft in the area in recent days.
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Thieves broke into a museum and stole around a dozen glass artworks made by a French master craftsman, worth &#36;3.3 million, police said Wednesday.
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French authorities plan to boost security in museums and churches across the country after a spate of art thefts, the culture ministry said on Thursday.
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Two Pablo Picasso paintings worth millions of Euros  are stolen from an exhibition in Switzerland.
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A French court on Friday sentenced an art-loving waiter to three years in prison for stealing art works and valuable paintings from galleries and museums across Europe.
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Thieves stole two diamonds worth more than &#36;14.2 million from a display case at a Paris antique show near the Louvre on Monday, police said.
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Three armed men in ski masks stole four paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth $163.2 million from a Zurich museum in one of Europe's largest ever art heists, police said Monday.
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Edvard Munch's masterpiece, "The Scream," and another painting were grabbed off the wall of a crowded museum by armed robbers.