$400,000 IN FINE ART WAS STOLEN.Byline: Theresa Moreau Moreau may refer to: People
Burglars who police say have a penchant for fine art nabbed paintings worth $400,000 from the Northridge home of a jazz musician For the popular-music magazine, see . “Instrumentalist” redirects here. For followers of the philosophy, see instrumentalism. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. who was not identified. As the middle-aged middle-aged adjective Referring to a person between age 45 and 65, used in taking a history. Cf Elderly, Older. musician and his wife traveled to Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern this weekend, police said, a storage room of their home on Nordhoff Street was cleaned out of more than 300 pricey Pricey Term used for an unrealistically low bid price or unrealistically high offer price. pricey Of, relating to, or being an unrealistically high offer. An offer to sell a security at $50 when the current market price is $47 is pricey. paintings, the work of various Hungarian artists. The victim is uncertain of the exact number of pieces taken, police said. Various watercolors, oils and gouaches were stolen after the burglars entered the home by breaking a side window, said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Detective Donald Hrycyk, of the Art Theft Detail. The burglars also stole photographs of the paintings, which police said hampers their efforts to recover the artwork. To find stolen artwork, police typically submit photographs and vital statistics to the International Foundation for Art Research, a worldwide database of stolen art. Police recommend that collectors take photographs and appraisals of valuable items to provide as proof to insurance companies and to help investigators recover the artwork if it is stolen. ``The big thing is getting a photograph of each artwork so we can publish it,'' Hrycyk said. ``We've had a number of art recoveries through them.'' Although the Northridge victim did have photographs of his art pieces, he kept them alongside his paintings. |
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