Several art theft stories are chasing their tails around the newspapers at the moment, what with the FBI looking for the owners of a stash of pieces found in the home of a collector who turned out not to be what he purported (oh, come on, who hasn't pretended to be married to a member of the French aristocracy?) and a trial kicking off over a Cezanne stolen 30 years ago.
The true meme-y-ness of this topic was brought home to me by this:
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... the section of the Guardian's website given over to art theft stories.
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