His Name Is Dan Uggla Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Norwegian police find Munch's "The Scream" OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police recovered "The Scream" and another stolen masterpiece by Edvard Munch on Thursday, two years after the works were seized from a museum by gunmen. "We are 100 percent certain they are the originals," police chief Iver Stensrud told a news conference. "The damage was much less than feared." "The Scream" depicts a terrified figure under a blood-red sky. The other, "Madonna," shows a bare-breasted woman with long black hair. Two armed men broke into the Munch Museum in Oslo in August 2004 and yanked the two works from the walls in front of dozens of terrified tourists. The paintings, both from 1893, have been missing even though three men were convicted in May of taking part in the theft and were sentenced to up to eight years in jail. Two of them were ordered to pay $122 million in damages. source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Das better not ban me for posting this :plain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 "The Scream" is actually pretty good.. I never really understood how paintings could be so valuable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 "The Scream" is actually pretty good.. I never really understood how paintings could be so valuable though. Think about how valuable comics or baseball cards or stamps or coins are. Now imagine that there's only one of each specific one in the world available. Supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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