November 21, 2005

Museum raid nabs Pollock and Warhol

Artworks by Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol have been stolen from a museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the early hours of Friday morning. . .

Thieves broke a glass door at the back of the Everhart Museum, officials said.

Surveillance cameras were not working at the time of the robbery and police said they had no immediate leads.

From the BBC.

Posted by David on November 21, 2005 9:40 PM

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Have you heard the latest?
The Pollock may have been a fake.
But the Warhol wasn't.
The FBI is pulling out.
"Curioser and curioser" said alice as she
meandered through wonderland

Posted by: Montalbano on January 21, 2006 9:07 AM

Strange story -- latest in print would appear to be here. The "Pollock" not so much established as a fake, but not established as genuine -- rather serious for a picture displayed in a museum as the real thing.

Posted by: David on January 21, 2006 10:06 AM
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