The Gardner Heist

by Boser, Ulrich

• ISBN13: 9780061451843
• ISBN10: 0061451843
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-30
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads-and a dollar;5 million reward-none of the paintings have been recovered. Worth as much as dollar;500 million, the missing masterpieces have become one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries.

Author Biography

Ulrich Boster has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine, Slate, and many other publications. He has served as a contributing editor at US. Mews and World Report and is the founding editor of The Open Case, a crime magazine and web community. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. ix
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee: A Disturbance in the Courtyard	p. 1
Chez Tortoni: The Art Detective	p. 11
A Lady and Gentleman in Black: It Was a Passion	p. 29
The Concert: The Picture Habit	p. 43
Cortege aux Environs de Florence: The Art of the Theft	p. 63
Landscape with an Obelisk: Something That Big	p. 77
Ku: Unfinished Business	p. 89
Three Mounted Jockeys: Infiltrate and infatuate	p. 109
Self-Portrait: I Was the One	p. 133
Program for an Artistic Soiree: Any News on Your Side	p. 155
Program for an Artistic Soiree II: Where's Whitey?	p. 171
La Sortie de Pesage: Put My Picture on the Cover	p. 189
Finial: Like a Spiderweb	p. 209
Sources	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 243
Photo Credits	p. 245
Acknowledgments	p. 247
Index	p. 249
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