In Germany art stolen over 30 years ago is no longer considered stolen. Their auction houses openly sell stolen art. There is a case now where a Polish museum is fighting to get a stolen painting back from a German auction house.

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Brilliant topic. However, made me realize just how great a difference a narrator makes! Wildemar’s absence is well felt.

That Braque painting is gorgeous.

Thank you, that was rather interesting.

This documentary just reinforces my opinion that art restoration is amazing.

The hideous yellow walls do nothing for the paintings.

@rosemarshall1219

2 жыл бұрын

And the blue,the deep green and the light red… this is a bold choice. Is it serving the paintings ? I guess.

@Elizabeth-yg2mg

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how the wall colors are chosen; these seem unusual.

@mariapilarme

Жыл бұрын

LOL 😂 I agree!

There are some wonderfully meticulous videos of restorations done by Baumgarten Restoration, if you enjoyed this video.

@kevinchambers1101

2 жыл бұрын

His programs are really wonderful. I've loved all of them.

@susanandrews2294

Жыл бұрын

yes, Baumgartner Restoration is incredible. Julian is a master.

Odličan

This episode was somewhat interesting, but it was not at all about the "lucrative business of art theft" (i.e., who makes money it and how much they make).

@slashbat2375

Жыл бұрын

They just called it a lucrative business in the title, they didn't say the people behind the lucrative business or something similar

Hello from 🇨🇦🖐👍🖼🖌🎨 The shoes are more interesting once you know who wore them ...the story behind the shoes😊

Nice, but needs more Waldemar...

Doesn't it just make you furious. Thieves stealing art just to destroy it/let it rot. Hateful.

I hope I'm as engaging and clear-headed as Mrs Bata when I'm eighty.

There is available technology that is used to avoid theft of valuable paintings and drawings. There is photograph ability to produce actual size, convincing copies intended for public display while the originals reside safely in vaults off promises.

@Pencil0fDoom

2 жыл бұрын

yeah thats what i want to see when i go to a museum. A giftshop lithograph. Philistine...

@earthmother4397

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pencil0fDoom Yeah, when the copy becomes just as valuable as the original, we have a problem. Personally, I would rather the art be stolen *because* of its value so the work can retain its authenticity, and only if its stolen, should a copy be put up, to honor the original.

Very nice documentary. 👌 I would like too see one on the subject what Vatican stole through history and also what happened with Art through restoration after the 2 word war (some work conveniently declared missing but really sold to private buyers etc.) Thanks 👍

Question: when a piece of art is recovered, does the museum have to pay back the amount the insurance company paid them for the claim the museum made? Why or why not? Surprised there was no mention that much of the stolen pieces become an ersatz currency for criminal networks - though in reality, the criminals can never redeem the works for cash, they are still used as cash.

@kuffertmedhat

2 жыл бұрын

The museum effectively sells the rights to the stolen works, in the event they are recovered, to the insurance company, in exchange for the lump-sum insurance payout. In this case, the museum was able to buy back the stolen works. This is how it was explained in the video, but I don't know how common that practice is.

@katherinegeddie7687

Жыл бұрын

O) m((((

@MrDXRamirez

Жыл бұрын

@@kuffertmedhat In that exchange the owners of the stolen pieces of art have changed positions as owners. The insurance company bought them from their seller the museum no longer the owner of the articles sold for the price of the rights to the pieces it previously owned.

This is so sad that someone would steal something that has A Home & So Cared For & Apprectiated. Greed!

My question many years ago was, if such an important/known art gets stolen, it has a target on it. So who buys that? Now, knowing that the majority of all collections (art or antiquity) are privately owned, then it's not so difficult to realise who buys or to say boldly, who orders such art heists.

@marztar

2 жыл бұрын

Same people that keep human traffickers employed. HIGH SOCIETY love their ability to be white hats in public life but dark sadists, driven by the desire to outdo each other in their private country clubs. We the people.. aka THE PEASANTS... bow in awe at their privilege and perfection.

@daikayll1897

2 жыл бұрын

They like it like this , thats why. Its a game played by people in a club that we can't join.

@gavinreid2741

Жыл бұрын

In Germany art stolen over 30 years ago is no longer considered stolen and can be sold at auction.

"Ranking only behind gun and drug trafficking". Government agencies always seem to omit human trafficking from statistics..

not sure if i agree with making restorations noticeable so that they can be improved in the future. My approach would be to document the restoration but make it as seamless as possible. I mean, it's bound to look different anyways, so why half the effort?

The thieves that stole those slippers were professionals and, FABUUUUUULLLLLOOOOUUUUSSSSS!!!!!!!

Get those dirty thefts!

❤️ this show! Sad state of affairs.. Not at all surprising. Especially since ransoms are often paid & prison sentences minor (even in the 🇺🇸, where LIFE/death/hundreds of years per convict are passed out daily!!). This documentary is clearly not recent. I can only gasp & chuckle @ references of "today's standards" of museum security & value references which are drastically higher today! As recent as 2017 & 2019 - European museums have had incredible thefts via stupid simple operations. A window with no alarm/whole interior free of cameras or sensors.. Another crew locked selves IN at closing time?! Largest, most expensive 'coin' on 🌎 ($4M) & large cache of Saxon royal jewels ($1B+)....... Absolutely unreal. 🤯

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Since we are capable of producing such good reproductions of paints I have to ask why the originals are hung where thieves have access to them.

@VetsrisAuguste

2 жыл бұрын

Are we though? Even the highest definition print will not reflect light in the same way the original painting does. While we’re at it, why not keep our musicians locked away never to perform live. We’ll just enjoy their music in large groups through recordings and cover bands.

@masquarra

2 жыл бұрын

Many museums do already. The originals are in vaults and very fine replicas are on displays now.

I went to the Bata Shoe Museum. They have 12,000 pairs of shoes but only a few on display. I was very disappointed.

I'll have more respect for museums when they return the artifacts they have stolen themselves over the centuries and have yet no desire to return them. Whole continents have suffered the lose of their historical pieces. The museum I work in we have no pieces that are stolen and its an amazing pride filled career when you do work with other countries to exhibit some of their artifacts and returning them afterwards. Museums are my life but there is and always will be a great sadness when you observe the thefts that go unmentioned.

@sihamstakeon3445

2 жыл бұрын

From your experience, is it true that all the exhibited artworks (especially paintings) are not originals? I heard this information in a documentary and it made a lot of sense bc there’s no way museums would put up originals for the public. No?

@no-gy9uk

2 жыл бұрын

What i was thinking alllll the way through

@adrijaroy7875

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting up this question it helped us in debate competition

@toddaulner5393

Ай бұрын

They may have purchased stolen painting but I highly doubt they stole them

You would have to be a real heel to steal these precious shoes. … no …. How bout. These thieves obviously had no sole…

@Cindy-by3ho

Жыл бұрын

Soul not sole

Ren- waahh

Museums are in on it

Where's Waldamar?

@lorevault

2 жыл бұрын

came here looking for Waldo meself as well

Greed and human nature 🌚🖼🗝🛎 From museums to the very wealthy 🔎✂️🪄🪟🔑 Thank you for inviting us into your Hercule Poirot world 🗺 🔬💰🕯⏳🕋

@tr33m00nk

Жыл бұрын

@Claudette Delphis What are all the 'emogies/icons' supposed to mean??? Are they 'decoration'?, 'secret code'? or just 'internet mindless drivel?'

At 1.5 x playback speed the narrator sounds like Dan Ackroyd

What’s on my wall goes back to the museum upon my death

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I don’t understand the economics of art theft. Are they stealing on spec or are they stealing to order? If stealing from a gallery where all the works of art are documented it must be very hard to sell. Gold can be melted down and jewels can be reset. Cash can be laundered. Paintings have a base value of close to zero - some wood canvas and paint. All the value is in the skill of the artist and the name recognition of the artist. Do we believe that there are reclusive billionaires with clandestine art collections or am I missing something?

Lock up all of the real art in an undisclosed location, vet your employees, especially security to the nth degree, & let the public view copies. Put the originals online HD also for the public to view. Monitor the dark web. You'll probably find tons of stolen art.

@Meine.Postma

2 жыл бұрын

Noooo! Seeing the original is the point. The strokes, the colours, the materials.

@no-gy9uk

2 жыл бұрын

Not guna happen. To see copies it would have to be free like a library. Then no one would afford the upkeep of the gallery.

@lisamartin6847

2 жыл бұрын

@@no-gy9uk We see FREE originals in the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian and other museums & galleries in Washington, DC. One of the many reasons it's such a great place to live! No one will waste time or money to see copies. Who would even THINK of that?

i love everything about Perspective, but calling anyone a Brueghel is a bit of a stretch!

What all this stolen art amounts to, is lost revenue. A large part of the annual product is not producing a return to society. A $40 million dollar Picasso is not making more money as a stolen piece of art. Art projects, museum staff and services, are less $40 million poorer and society pays the bill instead of the art piece earning its own money.

What does the woman say about tobacco and sugar?

@paolomarques439

2 жыл бұрын

You should combine the 2 , go ahead take my word for it

Why would you make a shoe museum? Why would you steal shoes from a shoe museum? Why would you make a documentary about stealing shoes from a shoe museum? The answer can be found in Sex in the City Season 2 Episode 12. Still fairly boring documentary about art theft. For me that is a first.

@juliusraben3526

2 жыл бұрын

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THIS IS LIKE SOMEONE STEALING AN OLD PAIR OF SHOES !

I find it odd that it's a revolting tragedy when a Western Museum is robbed. But, part of doing Metropolitan Museum makes it a practice to steal from the temples of indigenous people up until the 2000s, it's just part of doing business. Why is it wrong to steal art from a Western museum (ie Temple)? But is, NOT wrong to steal from the temples of indigenous peoples? (See multiple news stories about the New York Metropolitan Museum)

@reneeroche6328

Жыл бұрын

Yesterday in the news, a man from an indigenous culture was praying to one of the stolen statues of his culture in a museum. The museum had him arrested. Where is Banksy when we need him?

@UNUSUALUSERNAME220

Жыл бұрын

We learned from the best, "ie" The British Museum.

@reneeroche6328

Жыл бұрын

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 the British Museum hasn't arrested anyone for praying to the ingeniousness deities that the stolen art represents.....YET...(wink, wink, hint, hint, nudge, nudge...Banksy fans)

@reneeroche6328

Жыл бұрын

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 As a student of Waldemar Januszczak, when I saw the news article about the man being arrested for praying to his native people's stolen art. I felt deep grief and then anger. A Northern Britain/ Scottish football anger.... I wanted to go to this museum and pray with this man and invite Waldemar Januszczak to join us. I just wish, we students of Waldemar Januszczak could organize an international movement where we go to museums and pray to the stolen religious and cultural items. I've learned from Waldemar Januszczak that pieces of Art are also, living pieces of cultural traditions like, but not limited to; The Coronation Chair, known historically as St Edward's Chair or King Edward's Chair Living pieces of Art that should continue to be used by their cultures in the traditional way. But, yes, let's get arrested together !!! Like Northern England Football fans !!

@reneeroche6328

Жыл бұрын

If you felt that the line, "let's go get arrested together" was a proper pick-up line.....you might be Scottish.

Rather poor start - the 3 stolen objects could be replaced from a bric-a-brac stall, so can't say the researcher earned their fee...

. . . should be "vaults off premises." sorry

Many of them are fakes anyway…

Is it easy to steal from young artists 9_10years old? 🤕🤒📡Well not really

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I would have put my money on Oprah.

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It’s good to steel especially things that rich people like

Had to turn off cuz of intro music

you pay to. get your art stolen you get the insurance you get your art back everyone wins