Five 18th-Century Snuff Boxes Stolen from Paris’s Cognacq-Jay Museum Have Been Recovered
A total of seven snuffboxes were taken in a 2024 daylight robbery from Paris's Cognacq-Jay Museum
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We have a WS thread about this heist:
Thieves steal jewels of 'incalculable' value in seven-minute heist at Louvre museum in Paris
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.www.bbc.co.uk
The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, has suddenly closed for the day after the French culture minister said there had a been a robbery...
At least one person had entered the museum, a member of her team told Agence France-Presse, without adding anything about any possible theft.
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No info yet on WHAT might have been stolen.
At least one person had entered the museum, a member of her team told Agence France-Presse, without adding anything about any possible theft.
Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says
Rachida Dati announces robbery had taken place at world’s most-visited museum
No info yet on WHAT might have been stolen.
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We have a WS thread about this heist:
The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, has suddenly closed for the day after the French culture minister said there had a been a robbery...
At least one person had entered the museum, a member of her team told Agence France-Presse, without adding anything about any possible theft.
Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says
Rachida Dati announces robbery had taken place at world’s most-visited museum
No info yet on WHAT might have been stolen.
It appears the thieves dropped the Royal Crown that Empress Eugenie, Napoleon III's wife was crowed with and it broke into several pieces.
The burglars targeted the Apollo Gallery, which contains the French crown jewels. Le Parisien newspaper said nine items were taken. Two were recovered, one of them the crown of Empress Eugénie, Napoleon III’s wife, which is adorned with 1,354 diamonds, 1,126 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds. Rachida Dati, the culture minister, said the crown was found broken outside the museum, which suggested the thieves had dropped it.
Awful.
