From my country's MSM
" 'Such items can be separated and then cut into smaller pieces,
making identification more difficult.
The stones can then be removed from their settings and the precious metal melted down.
This would irretrievably result in the loss of works of jewelry of staggering material value,
but above all,
of unimaginable value to French and European culture.
However,
as the theft from the collections of Augustus II the Strong from the Grünes Gewölbe Museum in Dresden demonstrates,
there's a good chance the thieves were commissioned,
and that the jewelry will eventually surface and be found.
President Emmanuel Macron assured the press as much',
the expert says.
(Polish art historian and expert in antique jewelry)
'For those involved in jewelry auctions,
it's obvious that,
beyond the value of the finest stones, what matters is precisely what I mentioned earlier:
who designed these tiaras, brooches, earrings, and necklaces, and for whom?
Who was this jewelry passed down to?
This is jewelry whose history, from its creation to the present, can be traced.
And this speaks to its greatest value.
Cut into pieces, it loses its sentimental and historical value,
not to mention its collector's value.
Therefore,
it's most likely that someone commissioned this theft for their private collection'.
The expert emphasizes
that she always teaches her employees, students, and trainees one thing:
antique jewelry,
apart from its material value,
also has high artistic value."
Świat żyje zuchwałą kradzieżą, jakiej dokonano w niedzielę w Luwrze. Złodzieje w zaledwie kilka minut włamali się do jednej z galerii i zabrali bezcenne klejnoty należący do rodziny cesarza Napoleona. Czy jeszcze kiedyś zostaną odzyskane? — Jest duża szansa, że złodzieje zrobili to na zlecenie i...
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