Someone's getting a sh*tload of chocholate!

Compare "The Scream" on those two links...

At least one of them is a pretty bad copy, since they are quite different.

(I don't know exactly how it should look like though.)
 
Basic said:
At least one of them is a pretty bad copy, since they are quite different.
Click to expand...
Actually, one is a version from the Norwegian National Gallery (has also been stolen previously) and the other one is the one owned by the Munch Museum.

Munch often painted several versions of his works, and in addition to those mentioned above, there are (at least) two 'lesser' authentic versions, one of which is privately owned.
 
Boy, if this doesn't sway it's captors, I don't know what will!

I'm sure Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer had the same intentions in "Heat" as they knocked over banks. Give us your M&M's and no one will get hurt...
 
Jim Norton said:
Boy, if this doesn't sway it's captors, I don't know what will!
Click to expand...
Eh? The point was that it already did... :?:

Oh, OK. Probably not, but the more plausible explanations (a. Good old fashioned policework, or b. Making a deal with a recently convicted notorious criminal in exchange for lenient visitation rights and no appeal on the length of his sentence) are much less fun.
 
Zaphod said:
Actually, one is a version from the Norwegian National Gallery (has also been stolen previously) and the other one is the one owned by the Munch Museum.

Munch often painted several versions of his works, and in addition to those mentioned above, there are (at least) two 'lesser' authentic versions, one of which is privately owned.
Click to expand...

Ah, that would explain it.
 
Zaphod said:
Eh? The point was that it already did... :?:

Oh, OK. Probably not, but the more plausible explanations (a. Good old fashioned policework, or b. Making a deal with a recently convicted notorious criminal in exchange for lenient visitation rights and no appeal on the length of his sentence) are much less fun.
Click to expand...

I was under the impression it was an added incentive. No one in their right mind is going to trade a priceless work of art for M&M's, thus why I unloaded ten feet of sarcasm.
 
Jim Norton said:
I unloaded ten feet of sarcasm.
Click to expand...
Oh, the sarcasm was fine. It was the use of future tense that made me wonder whether you caught the fact that the painting had already been recovered.
Jim Norton said:
No one in their right mind is going to trade a priceless work of art for M&M's
Click to expand...
As most art thieves eventually find out, something priceless is worth just about as much money as something worthless. I'd say, better take the M&M's and trade some of them for a nice frame and a poster. :smile:
 
Zaphod said:
As most art thieves eventually find out, something priceless is worth just about as much money as something worthless. I'd say, better take the M&M's and trade some of them for a nice frame and a poster. :smile:
Click to expand...

I've often wondered what those suckers are thinking when they steal something unique like that. Or is there really a fat, sweaty man in Thailand who buys stolen art like in that movie with Connery & Zeta-Jones (Entrapment or something like that)...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top