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1 week ago

Jewels stolen from Louvre museum in Paris valued at $102m: Prosecutor

Eight royal jewels, including a 19th-century tiara and earrings, were stolen from the Louvre in a seven-minute daylight heist valued at about €88 million.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

No Chardins? No Leonardos? We're lucky the Louvre raiders had dreadful taste in art

I am furious. My instructions had been perfectly clear: break into the Louvre, head for the Denon wing and deliver me the Leonardo da Vincis. Instead, what did they do? Brought me trinkets! Stand there, over the trap door. A bit more to the right. It would be nice to think an art collector supervillain somewhere was punishing the Louvre raiders for their moronic bad taste.
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