Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg's Stealing Rembrandts is a
spellbinding journey into the high-stakes world of art theft
Today, art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in
the world, exceeding $6 billion in losses to galleries and art
collectors annually. And the masterpieces of Rembrandt van Rijn are some
of the most frequently targeted.
In Stealing Rembrandts, art security expert Anthony M. Amore and
award-winning investigative reporter Tom Mashberg reveal the actors
behind the major Rembrandt heists in the last century. Through thefts
around the world - from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio - the
authors track daring entries and escapes from the world's most renowned
museums. There are robbers who coolly walk off with multimillion dollar
paintings; self-styled art experts who fall in love with the Dutch
master and desire to own his art at all costs; and international
criminal masterminds who don't hesitate to resort to violence. They also
show how museums are thwarted in their ability to pursue the thieves -
even going so far as to conduct investigations on their own, far away
from the maddening crowd of police intervention, sparing no expense to
save the priceless masterpieces.
Stealing Rembrandts is an exhilarating, one-of-a-kind look at the
black market of art theft, and how it compromises some of the greatest
treasures the world has ever known.
