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March 18: The Great Boston Art Heist - Trivia Minute


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March 18, marks the 25th anniversary of the largest art heist in history.

Posing as police officers, two thieves stole 13 works of art, worth about $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

During the heist, the robbers made off with three paintings by Rembrandt, one by Vermeer, Manet and Flinck; five drawings by Degas, an ancient Chinese urn and a finial from a Napoleonic flag.

The art remains missing and the museum has offered a $5 million reward for its return.


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