Experts Predict Steep Ransom In Munch Art Theft
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Art experts think two priceless paintings stolen from a Norway museum might be returned...only if a hefty ransom is paid. They say the ransom on Edvard Munch&#39;s &quot;The Scream&quot; and &quot;Madonna&quot; could be as high as a hundred million dollars.
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Four paintings by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet stolen from a Zurich museum are valued at more than 180 million Swiss francs (112 million euros, 164 million dollars), police said Monday.
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Police checked a flood of tips on Tuesday in the hunt for armed thieves who stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream," and new details showed the robbers were more professional than first thought.
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Armed men stormed into an art museum Sunday, threatened staff at gunpoint and stole Edvard Munch's famous paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" before the eyes of stunned museum-goers.
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Armed robbers have stolen masterpieces by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch from a museum in Oslo and national radio said a version of &quot;The Scream&quot; was part of the haul.
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The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch&#39;s renowned masterpiece &quot;The Scream&quot; left Norway&#39;s police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it.
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OSLO, Norway - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece "The Scream" left Norway's police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it.    Some expressed fears that works of art are in increasing danger from violent raids - unless, as Norway's deputy culture minister put it, "we lock them in a mountain bunker."   Armed, masked robbers stormed into Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight on Sunday, threatening an employee with a gun and terrifying patrons before they made off with a version of Munch's famous painting "The Scream" and another of his masterpieces, "Madonna."   A day after the theft and despite many tips, police said they have no suspects, no trace of the paintings and no theory on a motive...
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Take it to your mountaintop fortress, pop open some Chateau Lafite and hang it next to your other stolen masterpieces? Whenever a high-profile art theft occurs, rumors circulate that a scandalously rich collector has commissioned the crime.
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Two Edvard Munch paintings including the masterpiece ``The Scream&#39;&#39; were stolen at gunpoint from an Oslo museum, police said.
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Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's   masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna" were put on show on   Tuesday for the first time since police recovered them in   August, two years after they were stolen from an Oslo museum.
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Two masterpieces by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch stolen from an Oslo museum at the weekend were not insured against theft, officials said.
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TO PARAPHRASE Oscar Wilde, losing one may be regarded as misfortune but to lose two could look like carelessness. Edvard Munchâs paintings have been targeted again by thieves after an armed gang yesterday
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The Oslo gallery appeals to those who stole Edvard Munch's The Scream not to destroy it.
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The Munch Museum in Oslo could be shut until next summer while it introduces drastic security measures after the theft of its most famous painting.
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OSLO, Norway - Armed men stormed into an art museum Sunday, threatened staff at gunpoint and stole Edvard Munch's famous paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" before the eyes of stunned museum-goers.    The thieves yanked the paintings off the walls of Oslo's Munch museum and loaded them into a waiting car outside, said a witness, French radio producer Francois Castang...
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The paintings, which are estimated to be worth a total of about $66 million, were stolen from the Left Bank home of Picassoâs granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso.
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Description: A search is under way in Norway for the iconic painting The Scream, stolen Sunday morning from the Munch Museum. Armed men took the expressionist work by Edvard Munch and several other paintings during the museum&#39;s regular touring hours.