Featured Dresden Green Vault Heist

Time to watch Topkapi and Thomas Crown affair again!!

 

Almost 300 years later...Ny has now changed places with Augustus......

 

The serious money for thieves may be in obtaining something that is not on the market at any price for someone obscenely rich who covets it.

Adding, the description & photos will be distributed far & wide. Who could you find & trust to do the cutting well? Not saying it can't be done or won't happen. Just pointing out that it is no simple matter to dispose of such an item & hoping it is preserved & eventually recovered.

I was also encouraged by the fact that the whole thing was captured on surveillance cameras. Guess thieves did not know they were powered separately.

 

Ya ...the interviewer asked about nefarious ultra wealthy private collectors who target world renowned artworks that they hide away in bunkers behind sliding wall panels......the expert offered that she had been watching too many Bond films !!

 

I suppose the history of stolen art works tends to be rather different than that of most stolen jewellery, as it generally has no value if you cut it up.

 

Oceans 8....... what girl fun !!!

 

I cannot help but wonder, how many jewelers are there who are qualified to work on stones like this? Unless someone has just enough knowledge to cut them down, poorly.

 

It's not hard for hobbyist,etc to re-cut most stones except diamonds.The people who robbed the vault probably have "underworld" connections waiting for the stones now.

 

no problem. Tel Aviv. practically all African blood diamonds passed there.
or Antwerp.