The 50 Greatest Art Heists of all Time
By Courtney Willis | Feb 17, 2011 | 1:07 pm | Permalink
#26. "Goldfinger" Steals Picassos While Picasso's Granddaughter Sleeps
Stolen: Pablo Picasso, "Maya and Her Doll" and "Portrait of Jacqueline"
Location: Paris, France
Year: February 2007
Worth: $66 Million
Of the some 600 Picasso artworks that have been stolen throughout history, none were as audacious as this one. Thieves slipped into the French home of Picasso's granddaughter, Diana Widmaier-Picasso, while she and her mother slept. They grabbed what they came to get and left without any trace of their break-in. Turns out, Abdelatif Redjil, better known as "Goldfingers" and "Locksmith" in Parisian police circles, was behind the whole thing. If his name sounds familiar, it's because he was the guy that held Princess Diana's hand during her last breaths after the infamous car crash of 1997.
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Steven February 18th, 2011 at 04:04 AM
First off this is a pretty terrible article, its is interesting but some one who reads this article will most likely want to hear what happened to the painting, how it was stole or how the authority's have no idea wtf happened. Instead this article is a complete let down it says the very lest amount about each heist possible and a in a few case nothing about the heist at all. Secondly, who gave the writer of this article this list of heist? because its utterly uninteresting these are some of the lamest heist I've ever heard off and as someone who is pretty well verst in art history I have to say check your facts some of these aren't even true.
dr.octogon February 19th, 2011 at 12:21 AM
While I agree with your sentiment Steven, you have the spelling and grammer of someone severely mentally challenged.
Big Red Machine February 19th, 2011 at 02:04 PM
While I agree with you, doctor, I must point out that you spelled GRAMMAR wrong. That might be the funniest shit I have seen in a while. Irony is a bitch.
LFMAO@dr.octogon December 11th, 2011 at 04:58 AM
LMFAO @ dr.octogon What a fucking fail OMG you must feel so stupid right now!