European Art Thief at Amelia Harker blog

European Art Thief. After a day of waiting tables, stéphane breitwieser would return to his mother's house in eastern france, and climb the narrow wooden staircase to the attic — where he had stashed stolen artworks. Frenchman stéphane breitwieser was an art junkie, and to get his fix, he stole some 239 works of art with an estimated value of a whopping $2 billion — from as many as 200. Stéphane breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion, and became perhaps the most prolific art thief in history. In 1994, while visiting the musée des amis de thann (via daily beast) located in alsace, france, breitweiser spotted an antique pistol on display (via gq). But stéphane breitweiser, a notorious french thief, has a heist tale that rivals any, fictional or otherwise (via gq). These scammers of the art world concocted elaborate ruses that read like fiction, but all are true. Kathryn schulz reviews “the art thief,” by michael finkel, and considers why heist stories—like “ocean’s eleven,” “gone in 60 seconds,” and “the italian job”—steal our hearts.

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Stéphane breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion, and became perhaps the most prolific art thief in history. In 1994, while visiting the musée des amis de thann (via daily beast) located in alsace, france, breitweiser spotted an antique pistol on display (via gq). But stéphane breitweiser, a notorious french thief, has a heist tale that rivals any, fictional or otherwise (via gq). After a day of waiting tables, stéphane breitwieser would return to his mother's house in eastern france, and climb the narrow wooden staircase to the attic — where he had stashed stolen artworks. Kathryn schulz reviews “the art thief,” by michael finkel, and considers why heist stories—like “ocean’s eleven,” “gone in 60 seconds,” and “the italian job”—steal our hearts. Frenchman stéphane breitwieser was an art junkie, and to get his fix, he stole some 239 works of art with an estimated value of a whopping $2 billion — from as many as 200. These scammers of the art world concocted elaborate ruses that read like fiction, but all are true.

Thief by MedoK81 on DeviantArt

European Art Thief In 1994, while visiting the musée des amis de thann (via daily beast) located in alsace, france, breitweiser spotted an antique pistol on display (via gq). Kathryn schulz reviews “the art thief,” by michael finkel, and considers why heist stories—like “ocean’s eleven,” “gone in 60 seconds,” and “the italian job”—steal our hearts. After a day of waiting tables, stéphane breitwieser would return to his mother's house in eastern france, and climb the narrow wooden staircase to the attic — where he had stashed stolen artworks. Stéphane breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion, and became perhaps the most prolific art thief in history. In 1994, while visiting the musée des amis de thann (via daily beast) located in alsace, france, breitweiser spotted an antique pistol on display (via gq). These scammers of the art world concocted elaborate ruses that read like fiction, but all are true. Frenchman stéphane breitwieser was an art junkie, and to get his fix, he stole some 239 works of art with an estimated value of a whopping $2 billion — from as many as 200. But stéphane breitweiser, a notorious french thief, has a heist tale that rivals any, fictional or otherwise (via gq).

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