I think it’s a tragedy as these represent a piece of history that can’t be reclaimed. And, because the items are so hot, the thieves will likely just destroy them and sell the pieces.
These trinkets will go to a very rich collector, not through your typical “fence the goods” path. I’d check Mar-a-Lago as a first step.
Where was security during all this? Was there NO camera coverage on that part of the building? This is The Louvre, not a pawn shop. All the reporters keeps saying this is “the crime of the century” to which I say, “well yeah, but that’s only because your awful security made that possible!”
We are in the “telling the public what evidence they have will alert the perps” phase, only wild media speculation until the investigators are done doing their thing.
I look forward to Internet Historian doing one of his stock image gilliamation videos about this.
Congratulations, they just stole a lump of carbon or silica.
Best thing to do is to smash them and sell them afterwards to different people, no?
No they’re worthy because of their history
They’re too hot to sell or own. Likely will be broken down and sold as pieces
Can’t wait for the film
Thats where I wear a chastity belt…no ones getting their hands on my crown jewels.
I love how my brain immediately pictured a jewel encrusted royal chastity belt despite nothing in your comment saying anything to suggest that
With the word “Princess” spelled out in diamonds washed in the blood of African children!
Oh no, the world is missing some shiny rocks. I demand the planet cease rotating until these rocks are restituted!
I never understood stealing high value items. That shit is gonna be so hot it’d take a deep network to fence.
You’re assuming they don’t have a customer yet.
Indeed, it’s not like this was opportunism.
Just give them to some local children to play with.
As an aside, am I the only one who always thought Alfred was kinda a piece of shit for that story? Like a lot of Batman stuff hasn’t aged well, but even when I first watched that movie, going scorched earth for a jewel thief was fucked up.
Some people want to watch the world burn. Alfred actually did set their world on fire and watched it burn.
Melt it down, problem solved
Things with historical value are worth far more than the cost of their raw materials. These are crown jewels, not copper pipe being sold by meth addicts.
Genius! Melting down rubys and sapphires, why didn’t I think of that!
I mean, they don’t have that high of a melting point… you’ll end up with a lump of worthless alumina, sure, but if you really want to melt them, you can. 🤷♂️
Melt the gold/silver, the stones can be re-shaped. It will lose value but I think it’s the only way to fend it.
can’t wait for the true crime yt essay
The article can’t be bothered to include any pictures of the stolen jewels
edit: I think these are the stolen jewels
I saw the top piece in another article, and I heard about all the sapphires. This is my first time seeing them, and they are unbelievable. It looks like they’re the right works.
There was also a crown that got dropped in the street and took some damage. At least it was recovered.
I once read a book by a retired jewel thief whose statutes of limitations has all run out, and he said that that the first thing he did was break down the jewelry, sort the stones, and melt down the settings. Then he’d fence them ASAP. Always. So all that jewelry he stole, all that sentimental value, is gone forever.
These works are priceless not only for their craftsmanship and beauty, but their historic significance as well. They were literally created to be fit for a King, or Queen.
Unfortunately, the intrinsic value of those old, perfect stones on today’s market, far outweighs their historic or artistic value. There is likely some Sociopathic Oligarchs who think those stones would look better in modern settings, and be better served by being worn around, and not just put on display in some museum where nobody goes.
That’s a lot of loose stones, some of them very large, and some small. There are enough to make many, many pieces of jewelry. Perhaps there will be a bit of a black market among jewelers who cater to the very wealthy, to sell works that includes a Louvre stone or two.
I’ll keep an eye out for them.
“Why do you think these are the stolen items?”
“Well, for one, I just took these pictures in my cellar of stolen jewels…”They would have taken their own photos, but the jewels were stolen so they couldn’t.
I won the luck lotto with an Amazon mistake that packed a freakin’ Switch 2 with my order of storage containers a couple months ago. 🤣
Reported
Didn’t anyone bother to get an airtag on those things?
I thought this type of crime was deeply rooted in the past, and fiction. If no-one got seriously hurt: chapeau!
Maybe not so unusual. I was at a museum in Germany on vacation a few months before I saw in the news there was a jewel heist there
So you were scoping the place before the deed? Hmmmm
Where was Nicholas Cage?
