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The FBI’s Art Crime Team and its law enforcement partners returned 15 artifacts that were stolen during the 1960s and 1970s to six museums in the Philadelphia area.
After a grand jury investigation, the collector surrendered 180 stolen objects worth a combined $70 million. No criminal charges were filed.
Representatives from the estate of Armand Dorville restituted an 1867 painting by Camille Pissarro and then sold it back to the museum.
Heritage Auctions returns missing Margaret Keane painting stolen in 1972 The artwork, by the subject of Tim Burtons film Big Eyes, was taken from the waiting room of a Honolulu dentists office. DALLAS, TX .- On Nov. 14, 1972, a painting by iconic artist Margaret Keane was stolen from a dentists office waiting room in Honolulu, and remained missing for nearly 50 years. On Wednesday, Heritage Auctions reunited the lost artwork with its original owners among them, the woman depicted in the painting as a 7-year-old girl. During a media conference at the Dallas-based auction houses glob...