November 08, 2017

Mob Talk: Wiseguys on the trail of $500 million of stolen art?

By PhillyVoice Staff

Source/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

"Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, painted by Rembrandt Van Rijn in 1633, was among 13 artworks stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Wiseguys from Boston to Philly are chasing a $10 million reward.

In the latest episode of Mob Talk Sitdown, veteran journalists George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser are hot on the trail of $500 million of stolen art. The 1990 theft of 13 works from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston was the biggest art heist in history. Now wiseguys from Beantown to the City of Brotherly Love are chasing a $10 million reward and denying they were involved in the caper. Could one man hold the key to solving the case?

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