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    From uk.news.yahoo.com

    Thieves have made off with several paintings worth millions of euros from the Magnani Rocca Foundation museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo, near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police confirmed on Sunday. The heist took place in under three minutes on the night of March 22-23. They stole "Fish", by Auguste Renoir, "Still Life with Cherries" by Paul Cezanne, and "Odalisque on the Terrace" by Henri Matisse. Italian news agency ANSA posted pictures of the stolen works on X: tweet Local media reported that the thieves were able to force a door open, before nabbing the paintings and escaping across the museum ... (full story)

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Riziq-Cap
Mar 30, 2026 3:18am
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Art function as a money laundering for the wealthy - no one in their right mind would pay millions for a piece of drawing.

Beside money laundering, it can function as store of wealth, just like the ponzy crypto industry - but with art, you can at least mesmerize your eyes with a good drawing, especially classical huge pieces.
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Failure
Mar 30, 2026 3:30am
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Exactly, its all about money laundering.
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JeffEsptein2
Mar 30, 2026 6:21am
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Great may be it was khamenie behind this
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