Comments on: Top 5 Currently Stolen Paintings http://www.synapticblur.com/2006/07/07/top-5-currently-stolen-paintings/ smooth. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: chris http://www.synapticblur.com/2006/07/07/top-5-currently-stolen-paintings/#comment-7346 chris Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:46:08 +0000 http://www.synapticblur.com/2006/07/07/top-5-currently-stolen-paintings/#comment-7346 in the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream" target="_new" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article</a></strong>, it references a Norway Post article questioning if they had been destroyed. <strong><a href="http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=24036" target="_new" rel="nofollow">Three of the six suspects were sentenced to jail for 4, 7, and 8 years.</a></strong> It's still unknown where it is, I guess they ain't talkin. But you're right, the image isn't going anywhere. It's become an icon. in the Wikipedia article, it references a Norway Post article questioning if they had been destroyed.

Three of the six suspects were sentenced to jail for 4, 7, and 8 years.

It’s still unknown where it is, I guess they ain’t talkin. But you’re right, the image isn’t going anywhere. It’s become an icon.

]]> By: rwaf http://www.synapticblur.com/2006/07/07/top-5-currently-stolen-paintings/#comment-7282 rwaf Sat, 08 Jul 2006 04:18:43 +0000 http://www.synapticblur.com/2006/07/07/top-5-currently-stolen-paintings/#comment-7282 Reportedly destroyed? Where? And by whom? Actually, the image of the painting is priceless, but the painting itself is of little market value. It cannot be publicly sold or traded and anyone holding it can't boast of "owning" it. And knowing it is stolen, would give the possessor, it seems to me, little comfort. The most logical conclusion is it will be held for ransom, or will surface in a hundred years or so, with the provenance untraceable-only then to return to Oslo. But the thieves stole only the work, not its essence. Reportedly destroyed? Where? And by whom? Actually, the image of the painting is priceless, but the painting itself is of little market value. It cannot be publicly sold or traded and anyone holding it can’t boast of “owning” it. And knowing it is stolen, would give the possessor, it seems to me, little comfort. The most logical conclusion is it will be held for ransom, or will surface in a hundred years or so, with the provenance untraceable-only then to return to Oslo. But the thieves stole only the work, not its essence.

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