The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Gardner Heist 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. He eventually cracks one of the biggest mysteries of the case.
Full description- Publisher: Collins
- Published: 02 April 2009
- Format: Hardback 272 pages
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- Categories: Forgery | Art History | Individual Architects & Architectural Firms | True Crime | Museums & Museology
- ISBN 13: 9780061451836 ISBN 10: 0061451835
- Sales rank: 366,963
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Full description for The Gardner Heist
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.
