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The biggest art theft in world history struck boston 26 years ago this week, on march 18, 1990, when two thieves dressed as police bluffed their way. Mar 01, 2015 in 1990, artworks including rembrandts, a vermeer and a manet were stolen from the isabella stewart gardner museum in boston. These five books fiction and nonfiction share a connection to the notorious march 18, 1990, theft of masterworks from bostons isabella stewart gardner museum. Dec 27, 2017 empty frames from which thieves took storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt and the concert by vermeer remain on display at the isabella stewart gardner museum in boston in 2010. Sep 16, 2018 how boston can still solve the isabella stewart gardner case before its too late as a new truecrime podcast about the theft launches, a possible path to solving the gardner heist mystery.
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