Thief nicks 500million through broken window

Paddy Samurai

French police are hunting a thief who stole an original Picasso, Matisse, and three other paintings from the modern art museum in Paris.Officials say the paintings are worth half a billion euros (430 million pounds)..................The theft was discovered by employees at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris when they opened the museum on Thursday, and noticed that a window pane had been smashed.

They only noticed theft when they saw broken window...you think they would invest in a decent alarm system.

I might pop over to the national gallery later.....eh just for a visit.





http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum

pickarooney

Brilliant... half a billion lying around and no security. Realistically, lifting that should not be considered a punishable crime.

Gillington

Con Artist

friendface

Eircom Phonewatch FTW

Feeona

David Niven?

French thieves obviously have more class than Irish thieves!

Biggins

friendface wrote: »

...I might pop over to the national gallery later.....eh just for a visit.

Pick up something nice for us too will ya? :pac:

SugarHigh

But anyone who buys this won't be able to show anyone.

biko

I can understand stealing the Matisse, but the Picasso? *blerg*

pickarooney

biko wrote: »

I can understand stealing the Matisse, but the Picasso? *blerg*

Probably like those job lots of t-shirts where you only want one but they come in packs of four so you buy them anyway cause it's cheaper than one single one in another shop.

Where are the puns, people?

SugarHigh wrote: »

But anyone who buys this won't be able to show anyone.

Man City will probably snap them up to shore up their defence.

ejmaztec

SugarHigh wrote: »

But anyone who buys this won't be able to show anyone.

The true connoisseur wouldn't give a sh1t about anyone else looking at it.:P

ejmaztec

pickarooney wrote: »

Probably like those job lots of t-shirts where you only want one but they come in packs of four so you buy them anyway cause it's cheaper than one single one in another shop.

Where are the puns, people?

I certainly wouldn't put a spaniard in the works by coming up with a dodgy pun on this thread.

Hank_Jones

He'll never be able to sell them though.
Better off just robbing a bank.

OutlawPete

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.

"Look at that Van Gogh.." they cried.

Sorry

Biggins

Hank_Jones wrote: »

He'll never be able to sell them though.
Better off just robbing a bank.

You be surprised. A lot of the time, these things are stolen to order.

OutlawPete wrote: »

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.
"Look at that Van Gogh.." they cried.
Sorry

...There's no hope for you Pete is there? :pac:

Cookie_Monster

but those painting are not really worth 500m though, thats just an arbitrary value placed on them by whoever.

One mans priceless is another mans worthless.

pickarooney

Biggins wrote: »

You be surprised. A lot of the time, these things are stolen to order.

Often they go around door to door offering them to whoever wants it. Canvassing, I think they call it.

ibarelycare

OutlawPete wrote: »

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.

"Look at that Van Gogh.." they cried.

Sorry

I gave you a pity thanks

brianthebard

Hank_Jones wrote: »

He'll never be able to sell them though.
Better off just robbing a bank.

Have you heard of the black market? Its new but I think it might take off....

Biggins

pickarooney wrote: »

Often they go around door to door offering them to whoever wants it. Canvassing, I think they call it.

Ooo GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!

*** Bangs head repeatedly on desk ***

LOL

ejmaztec

OutlawPete wrote: »

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.

"Look at that Van Gogh.." they cried.

Sorry

That one leaves a nasty taste in my pallette.

I bet the cops have already got someone in the frame for this robbery.

Biggins

ejmaztec wrote: »

That one leaves a nasty taste in my pallette.

I bet the cops have already got someone in the frame for this robbery.

I can picture it right now to be honest!

Banned Account

Misleading title me crieth - "thief nicks paintings" - boring.

I only looked at it to see what size the window was:(

Kasabian

4 paintings worth €500m the inflated values put on material things really annoys when children are starving in this world.

amacachi

Sounds like the worst heist movie ever.

amacachi

brianthebard wrote: »

Have you heard of the black market? Its new but I think it might take off....

Surely they'd be worth significantly less on the black market though?

Ardent

OutlawPete wrote: »

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.

"Look at that Van Gogh.." they cried.

Sorry

Oh my God, that's awful.

Andy-Pandy

They sure are worth a whole lot of monet.

prinz

amacachi wrote: »

Surely they'd be worth significantly less on the black market though?

Significantly less than 500,000,000 is still more than what you'd get for most jobs tbh. I'd take it.

Banned Account

It was either Greece or Bernard McNamara - arrest them both.

Morlar

OutlawPete wrote: »

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.

"Look at that Van Gogh.." they cried.

Sorry

Ouch.

Pal

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

I might pop over to the national gallery later.....eh just for a visit.

Get me a Caravaggio

anniehoo

biko wrote: »

I can understand stealing the Matisse, but the Picasso? *blerg*

Picasso rocks. I love all his animal sketches, have copies (of course ) in some of the rooms in my place. I also have a massive framed one of this in my sitting room.

Theres no accounting for tast with some of yas ;)

Morlar

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

They sure are worth a whole lot of monet.

Cesan-dypandy.

Paddy Samurai

Being ernst i feel people should get the fuchs out of here,with all these crap puns.

pickarooney

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

They sure are worth a whole lot of monet.

Manet would disagree

Morlar

Wonder if the munch was involved in this robbery ?

Andy-Pandy

If this was only father ted related i could use this king of puns


Gogan, gogan, gogan

pickarooney

To Magritte chagrin I can think of Chagall decent puns

Morlar

pickarooney wrote: »

To Magritte chagrin I can think of Chagall decent puns

It hirst doesn't it ?

AskMyChocolate

Morlar wrote: »

Wonder if the munch was involved in this robbery ?

Anymore of this and I'll scream.

Paddy Samurai

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Anymore of this and I'll scream.

I agree i can't take munch more

AskMyChocolate

pickarooney wrote: »

To Magritte chagrin I can think of Chagall decent puns

Emmin trouble meself.:(

melekalikimaka

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

but those painting are not really worth 500m though, thats just an arbitrary value placed on them by whoever.

One mans priceless is another mans worthless.

its the suspected market value of the photos, some one is willing to pay that amount so thats their value

Daemos

French police are hunting a thief who stole an original Picasso, Matisse, and three other paintings from the modern art museum in Paris.Officials say the paintings are worth half a billion euros (430 million pounds)..................The theft was discovered by employees at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris when they opened the museum on Thursday, and noticed that a window pane had been smashed.

Soulds like Lois Grifin is at it again :rolleyes:

Naos

anniehoo wrote: »

Picasso rocks. I love all his animal sketches, have copies (of course ) in some of the rooms in my place. I also have a massive framed one of this in my sitting room.

Theres no accounting for tast with some of yas ;)

I'm no Art critic and I'm certainly no artist - but that is a pile of sh1t.

I don't care who you say it's by or what it's meant to represent, that is absolute muck, could draw it myself.

prinz

Naos wrote: »

I'm no Art critic and I'm certainly no artist - but that is a pile of sh1t. I don't care who you say it's by or what it's meant to represent, that is absolute muck, could draw it myself.

Welcome to the art world, where if the right person says you're great suddenly you are.

There's a lot of corruption involved. Was told by one person that they were asked for money by a critic in return for a good review no matter how crap the 'art'. It's essentially a pyramid scheme, money to critic = a good review = more people buying = higher prices = everybody wins as long as no one questions the people who 'understand' art.

Abrasax

OutlawPete wrote: »

Witnesses said the thieves just threw the paintings into the back of a Transit and sped off.

One of the robbers was heard shouting at the driver to step on Degas.