Sunday, March 04, 2007

Raiders of the lost art

From CNN "Stolen Rockwell found in Spielberg collection":

"Russian Schoolroom," a Rockwell painting stolen from a gallery in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, Missouri, more than three decades ago, was found in Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg's art collection, the FBI announced Friday.

Spielberg purchased the painting in 1989 from a legitimate dealer and didn't know it was stolen until his staff spotted its image last week on an FBI Web site listing stolen works of art, the bureau said in a statement."
Wow, it's been a good week for Norman Rockwell.

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