The 50 Greatest Art Heists of all Time
By Courtney Willis | Feb 17, 2011 | 1:07 pm | Permalink
#45. Doctor Steals His Two Most Expensive Artworks From Himself
Stolen: Pablo Picasso, "Nude Before a Mirror"
Claude Monet, "Customs Officer's Cabin at Pourville"
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Year: July 1999
Worth: $17.5 Million
When two baller art pieces went missing from the home of Los Angeles eye doctor, Steven Cooperman, there were some raised eyebrows. There were no signs of a break-in, the burglar alarm had been shut off, and only the two most expensive pieces in the collection had been touched. At the time, the ophthalmologist's license to practice had been revoked, and he had been recently accused of insurance fraud. It took five years for the Feds to find the paintings hiding in a Cleveland storage locker and to convict Cooperman of faking the heist.
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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!