The Perfect Crime Unmasking The Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist

Author : Larry Maness
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1645409961
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Perfect Crime: Unmasking the Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist written by Larry Maness and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before 11 priceless pieces of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a respected Italian violin maker visited the museum to inspect a rare musical instrument requiring restoration. He took measurements and photographs and reported his findings to the museum’s director. Then, he disappeared. Was the innocent invitation to the violin maker the first step in a complex plot to rob the Gardner? The museum director thinks so and hires Theo R. Perdoux, an expert in worldwide art thefts, to investigate. Inspired by the actual unsolved robbery of Boston’s Gardner Museum, Maness spins a plausible web that races ahead like a shot. The brisk pace and clever twists offer an intriguing explanation why masterpieces worth millions have never been found.

Author : Ulrich Boser
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780061451843
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardner Heist written by Ulrich Boser and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads—and a $5 million reward—none of the paintings have been recovered. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case. Exploring Smith's unfinished leads, Boser travels deep into the art underworld and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including a brilliant rock 'n' roll thief, a gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse, and the enigmatic late Boston heiress Isabella Stewart Gardner herself. Boser becomes increasingly obsessed with the case and eventually uncovers startling new evidence about the identities of the thieves. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.

Author : Ulrich Boser
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061451835
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardner Heist written by Ulrich Boser and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld—the story behind the lost Gardner masterpieces and the art detective who swore to get them back Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews, and a $5-million reward, not a single painting has been recovered. Worth a total of $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become the Holy Grail of the art world and one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. Art detective Harold Smith worked on the theft for years, and after his death, reporter Ulrich Boser inherited his case files. Traveling deep into the art underworld, Boser explores Smith's unfinished leads and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including the brilliant rock 'n' roll art thief; the golden-boy gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse; the deadly mobster James "Whitey" Bulger; and the Boston heiress Isabella Stewart Gardner, who stipulated in her will that nothing should ever be changed in her museum, a provision followed so closely that the empty frames of the stolen works still hang on the walls. Boser eventually cracks one of the biggest mysteries of the case and uncovers the identities of the men who robbed the museum nearly two decades ago. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.

Author : Tom Sullivan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062991590
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsolved Case Files: The 500 Million Dollar Heist written by Tom Sullivan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases details the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist—the largest, and one of the most famous, art thefts in the world. CASE NO. 003: THE GARDNER MARCH 18, 1990 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1:24 a.m. Two thieves posing as Boston Police officers gain entry to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Once inside, they steal thirteen pieces of art, including several rare Rembrandts. Eighty-one minutes later, these men walk off with $500 million worth of art. This heist is the single largest private property theft in the United States—and despite decades of investigation and dozens of false leads, the case remains unsolved to this day. Don’t miss the first two gripping installments in this thrilling series, Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet and Unsolved Case Files: Jailbreak at Alcatraz.

Author : Sean Price
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1474705847
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsolved Crime Mysteries written by Sean Price and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did robbers steal precious works of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990? In 2005, how did thieves in Amsterdam pull off the largest diamond heist in history? Throughout the world, some criminals seem to pull off the perfect crimes. They leave us asking, "e;How'd they do it?"e; or "e;Why'd they do it?"e; and "e;Could it happen again?"e; With dramatic photos and intriguing theories, readers can go on a journey around the world and learn about some tough crimes to solve.

Author : Michael Regan
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1532175949
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardner Museum Heist written by Michael Regan and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gardner Museum Heistexplores all sides of this famously unsolved crime. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, and more related to the biggest art heist in world history. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : David Hosp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781407454412
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Among Thieves written by David Hosp and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of the St Patrick celebrations in 1990, some of the world's most famous and valuable paintings were stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. They were never recovered, and there were no clues as to their whereabouts - that is until now. When Boston attorney Scott Finn takes on well-known thief, Devon Malley as a client, he gets much more than he bargained for. Not only is he asked to care for Devon's teenaged daughter, Sally, while Devon awaits bail, but his investigations into what he believed was a case of petty theft, lead him to the underworld of Boston's organized crime gangs, links with the IRA and the realization that he may be close to solving the mystery of the stolen paintings all those years ago. But an Irishman who, at nine years old, saw his entire family murdered before his eyes is determined to avenge their death. His commitment to the cause is frightening and unrelenting, and he will never give up until the job is finished...

Author : Sean Stewart Price
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1474705790
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsolved Crime Mysteries written by Sean Stewart Price and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did robbers steal precious works of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990? In 2005, how did thieves in Amsterdam pull off the largest diamond heist in history? Throughout the world, some criminals seem to pull off the perfect crimes. They leave us asking, "How'd they do it?" or "Why'd they do it?" and "Could it happen again?" With dramatic photos and intriguing theories, readers can go on a journey around the world and learn about some tough crimes to solve.

Author : KAMEEL NASR
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996175357
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE MUSEUM HEIST written by KAMEEL NASR and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the unsolved 1990 theft at Boston's Gardner Museum, the largest robbery of any kind, a discredited classical scholar finds the art and returns it for the multi-million dollar reward, then uses the money and his knowledge of the classical world to solve the crime. The novel is a fun and fast read that delves into art and ancient Greece.

Author : Stephen Kurkjian
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1610394240
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Master Thieves written by Stephen Kurkjian and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history. In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was a big score waiting to happen. Though its collections included priceless artworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and others, its security was cheap, mismanaged, and out of date. And now, it seemed, the whole Boston criminal underworld knew it. Nearly a decade passed before the Museum was finally hit. But when it finally happened, the theft quickly became one of the most infamous art heists in history: thirteen works of art valued at up to 500 million, by some of the most famous artists in the world, were taken. The Boston FBI took control of the investigation, but twenty-five years later the case is still unsolved and the artwork is still missing. Stephen Kurkjian, one of the top investigative reporters in the country, has been working this case for over nearly twenty years. In Master Thieves, he sheds new light on some of the Gardner's most abiding mysteries. Why would someone steal these paintings, only to leave them hidden for twenty-five years? And why, if one of the top crime bosses in the city knew about this score in 1981, did the theft happen in 1990? What happened in those intervening years? And what might all this have to do with Boston's notorious gang wars of the 1980s? Kurkjian's reporting is already responsible for some of the biggest breaks in this story, including a meticulous reconstruction of what happened at the Museum that fateful night. Now Master Thieves will reveal the identities of those he believes plotted the heist, the motive for the crime, and the details that the FBI has refused to discuss. Taking you on a journey deep into the gangs of Boston, Kurkjian emerges with the most complete and compelling version of this story ever told.