[HN Gopher] The Greatest Art Thief (2019)
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       The Greatest Art Thief (2019)
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2021-09-19 12:02 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | sysadm1n wrote:
       | > _Meanwhile, when Breitwieser 's mother had heard of her son's
       | arrest from Kleinklauss, who had been able to evade authorities,
       | she proceeded to destroy many of the works by cutting or carving
       | them up, leaving the remains of the frames in the trash over a
       | period of several weeks and forcing the shredded paintings down
       | her garbage disposal unit.[1] Other artifacts, such as vases,
       | jewelry, pottery, and statuettes, were simply thrown into the
       | nearby Rhone-Rhine Canal, where some were later recovered through
       | dredging. She claimed that she destroyed the paintings out of
       | anger at her son, but police believe it was to destroy
       | incriminating evidence against him.[7] She apparently had no
       | inkling of the large monetary value of the works she
       | destroyed.[7] Police found nothing besides the cord of the stolen
       | antique bugle when they first searched her home, and she took
       | seven months to admit to destroying the artwork, after some
       | pieces had washed up on the shore of the Rhine. A Swiss police
       | officer said, "[N]ever have so many old masters been destroyed at
       | the same time."[2]_
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       | From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Breitwieser
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       | In his mind, he 'worked' to get all that art only to have it
       | destroyed, no wonder that he attempted suicide.
        
       | simonebrunozzi wrote:
       | > Stealing art for money, he says, is stupid. Money can be made
       | with far less risk. But stealing for love, Breitwieser knows, is
       | ecstatic.
       | 
       | Wow.
        
         | SethTro wrote:
         | > more than 99 percent of art thieves are motivated by profit
         | rather than aesthetics. This is why art crimes are typically
         | solved on the back end, when the thieves try to sell the work.
         | But with Breitwieser, law enforcement's chief strategy--poring
         | over art-market data, waiting for the stolen items to reappear
         | --is dead on arrival.
        
           | bmn__ wrote:
           | Offloading/fencing the booty really is much more difficult
           | than stealing/robbing it. Dramatisation of
           | <http://enwp.org/Nationalmuseum_robbery> by the Internet
           | historian: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPlFdIpgioI>
        
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