I always assume there's a buyer lined up before these things ever happen.
But then, when they stole The Scream a while back they clearly had no exit strategy, so who knows?
But then, when they stole The Scream a while back they clearly had no exit strategy, so who knows?
Appeared they were extreme amateurs that just smashed a window, carried away the paintings in the back of their car to Romania. Didn't know what to do with them, and when one of the robbers was caught, his mother burnt them all in the fireplace.
read: https://www.nrc.nl/kunsthal-en/
At least, I guess, these guys here could meld the gold and sell the stones individually on the black market.
> Olga Dogaru was convicted of transporting and hiding stolen property (two years).
http://www.criminalelement.com/the-romanian-connection-the-k...
It seems we don’t know for sure which is the oldest. One of the paintings and one of the pastels both are from 1893. It’s natural to assume the pastel was a study for the painting, but we don’t know for sure.