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Jul 1, 2005 12:00 PM

11 MOST RECENTLY STOLEN ARTIFACTS

Worldwide art theft losses total MORE THAN $1 BILLION ANNUALLY, said industry experts at the Inland Marine Underwriters Association Arts and Records Committee Seminar on Art and Recovery in June. The Art Loss Register is the world's largest database of stolen art and antiques focused on their recovery. “The extent of art theft depends on what's included but if jewelry in the United States is included, then the total losses amounted to $1.06 billion in 1995 alone,” said David Shillingford, director of marketing and operations at the New York office of the ALR. “There are more than 160,000 items currently on the ALR.” The FBI has found art losses to be between $1 billion and $8 billion a year, and in 2004, the FBI formed a new Art Crime Team, which has eight investigators and two attorneys located throughout the United States. For information, visit www.artloss.com.

1. Stolen Native American Artifacts

   Cultural Museum Artifacts One of seventeen

2. Monstrance, or ostensory, in a sun shape

   Country of Origin: Mexico 18th century 60 × 60 cms

3. Monstrance, or ostensory

   Country of Origin: Mexico 19th century 60 × 29 × 16 cms

4. Sculpture “Apostle Saint John”

   Country of Origin: Mexico 17th century polychrome wood 115 × 55 × 35 cms

5. Painting “Virgin of Guadalupe”

   Country of Origin: Mexico oil on canvas 200 × 110 cms

6. Paintings “The Scream” and “Madonna”

   Edvard Munch

7. Painting “Jeune Fille a la Guitare”

   The Master Forger Scam Case

8. Drawings

   Norman Rockwell pencil on paper 24" × 18"

9. Crown (Papal Tiara)

   Country of Origin: Mexico 19th century 30 × 15 cms

10. Sculpture “Painful Virgin (Dolorosa)”

    Country of Origin: Mexico 17th century polychrome wood 111 × 51 × 33 cms

11. Untitled Painting of Nude Woman with Attendants

    Theodore Chasseriau (1819-1856) Dated 1851 18" × 14"

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