Art Heist Series

March 20, 2023
Art Heist top 10 countdown | Specie Keystone Underwriting

Keystone Artworks

Late in 2020, the Keystone team was inspired to purchase some artwork in support of local artists and to start decorating the walls of their new […]
October 30, 2022
Art Heist top 10 countdown | Specie Keystone Underwriting

Art Heist – Top 10 Countdown

It is believed that around 50,000 artworks are stolen annually around the world and that only a low percentage of those thefts are found. But interestingly, […]
October 30, 2022
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#10 – ‘Jour d’Eté ’ by Berthe Morisot

Number Ten – recovered artwork Location: Tate Gallery, London, UK Stolen: 14 April 1956 Artwork: ‘Jour d’Eté (Summer’s Day)’ by Berthe Morisot Value today: estimated at […]
October 30, 2022
Art Heist top 10 countdown | Specie Keystone Underwriting

#10 – Davidoff-Morini Stradivarius violin

Number Ten – Missing Location: Fifth Avenue, Upper West Side, New York, USA Stolen: 18 October 1995 Artwork: Davidoff-Morini Stradivarius violin Value today: estimated at around […]
October 30, 2022

#9 – ‘A Cavalier (self-portrait)’ by Frans van Mieris

Number Nine – missing Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Stolen: 10 June 2007 Artwork:‘A Cavalier (self-portrait)’ by Frans van Mieris Value today: […]
October 30, 2022

#9 – ‘The Customs Officer’s Cabin at ‘Pourville’ by Claude Monet

Number Nine – recovered artwork Location: Brentwood, Los Angeles USA Stolen: 12 July 1992 Artworks:‘The Customs Officer’s Cabin at Pourville’ by Claude Monet‘Nude Before a Mirror’ […]
October 30, 2022

#8 – Tillmann thefts, Canada

Number Eight – recovered artwork Location: Tillmann thefts, Canada Stolen: roughly between 1995 and 2013 Artwork: over 10,000 items Value today: several million, but overall value […]
October 30, 2022

#8 – ‘View of Auvers-sur-Oise’ by Paul Cezanne

Number Eight – missing Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University UK Stolen: 31 December 1999 Artwork: ‘View of Auvers-sur-Oise’ by Paul Cezanne Value today: estimated at around […]
October 30, 2022

#7 – ‘Femme Assise (Seated Woman)’ by Henri Matisse

Number Seven – recovered artwork Location: Paul Rosenberg private collection, Paris France Stolen: 1940 by Nazi party Artwork: ‘Femme Assise (Seated Woman)’ by Henri Matisse Value […]
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