What is the highest-value art heist in history?

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 May 2010

⏱️ 20 minutes

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From cat burglars to immoral, obsessed collectors, we've all heard stories of notorious art thieves. But in terms of loot, which of history's outrageous art heists was the most successful? Listen in and learn more in this podcast.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HouseofWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm Katie Mambourne, and I'm Sarah Dowdy,
0:47.7	and our story is going to start with the highest value art,
0:50.7	heist in history.
0:51.7	So that's a pretty good place, right?
0:54.7	It's also a story about moustaches.
0:57.7	And from there, it's going to take us all the way back to Turn of the Century Boston,
1:01.7	with a socialite art collector who loves boxing,
1:05.7	and the House of Worth, and baseball.
1:07.7	And she ends up building one of the most beautiful art collections in the country.
1:11.7	So we have a lot to talk about, something for everyone today.
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