Federal authorities announced charges against a ring of nine people for thefts of millions of dollars worth of paintings, sports memorabilia and other valuables including an Andy Warhol silkscreen, a Jackson Pollock painting and nine World Series rings...
Federal authorities announced charges against a ring of nine people for thefts of millions of dollars worth of paintings, sports memorabilia and other valuables including an Andy Warhol silkscreen, a Jackson Pollock painting and nineThe thefts took place over more than two decades at 20 museums, institutions and stores across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., and North Dakota, the U.S.
Phone messages were left Thursday for attorneys listed in court documents as representing those eight suspects. Two of those attorneys said they could not comment at this stage of the case.The indictments allege the thieves transported the memorabilia and valuables and would melt the silver and gold items down into transportable discs that were sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars - but for much less than many of the items were worth.
Some of the thefts happened nearly 20 years ago, including the 2005 theft from the Everhart Museum in Scranton, where the thieves shattered a glass door in the back of the building. They stole a 1949 oil-on-canvas painting by Jackson Pollock, “Springs Winter,” then worth an estimated $11.6 million and a silkscreen by Andy Warhol titled “Le Grande Passion,” then worth an estimated $15,000, but listed in the indictment as having a value of about $100,000.
- A Hickok Belt - solid gold and encrusted in jewels - and MVP plaque from the Roger Maris Museum in Fargo, North Dakota. Maris won two MVP awards, including when he passed Babe Ruth’s single-season record with 61 home runs in 1961 for the Yankees.
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