Art theft at Dutch museum: Picasso, Monets among 'one hell of a haul'

Amsterdam : Netherlands | Oct 16, 2012 at 1:33 PM PDT

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Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Police haven't said how they pulled it off, but an expert who tracks stolen art said the robbers clearly knew what they were... FULL ARTICLE AT San Jose Mercury News

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