Ski masks? Check.
Van? Check.
Handgun (or reasonable facsimile thereof)? Check.
90 seconds of spare time? Check.
Ok, we’re ready to steal $163 MILLION worth of art.
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Ski masks? Check.
Van? Check.
Handgun (or reasonable facsimile thereof)? Check.
90 seconds of spare time? Check.
Ok, we’re ready to steal $163 MILLION worth of art.
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Well, now that you have the items, how do you pawn them?? All police forces are looking for the stolen goods, so how do you sell them?? You can’t get top dollar from a collector that must be sworn to silence forever.
Hmmmmm…. My thought is to just stash the items in a safe place and sell forgeries of the stolen works to the collectors. It’s the perfect crime. They can’t report that they own them and if they perchance find that they are fakes, they can’t report that either. But they can come after you, if they can find you. Benefit: you can sell 10 copies of each item that was taken from the museum.
Got this idea from an old “Dr. Who” episode where the thieves travelled back in time and just commissioned extra copies of the Mona Lisa from Leonardo DaVinci. He was able to use the extra cash, and the authentic copies (oxymoron) were ready to go after the original was stolen in the present time. What a concept.
Yeah, the article mentioned that the rich collector sponsoring an art heist is a work of pure fiction – nobody does that. The above only works if you don’t care which paintings you get. I guess it takes a certain rare disposition to keep a secret treasure room. Or perhaps to buy it and display it openly, but tell everyone it’s a copy. Hmm, it makes me wonder how much forgeries go for these days.