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Precious painting stolen by mobsters returned to rightful owner after more than 50 years, the FBI says
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A painting older than the US Constitution was returned to its rightful owner this month – more than 50 years after being stolen by mobsters, the FBI said in a news release. “The Schoolmistress,” by English painter John Opie, was found among items in a 2021 estate sale.
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‘Priceless’ painting stolen by NJ politician and mobsters returned 55 years later: ‘What a history it’s had’
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Precious painting stolen by mobsters returned to rightful owner after more than 50 years, the FBI says
The FBI says an 18th century British painting stolen by mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought the painting during the Great Depression
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A painting older than the US Constitution was returned to its rightful owner this month – more than 50 years after being stolen by mobsters, the FBI said in a news release. “The Schoolmistress,” by English painter John Opie, was found among items in a 2021 estate sale.
The John Opie painting titled "The Schoolmistress" was stolen, then passed among organized crime members for years before it ended up in Utah, the FBI said.
An 18th century British painting by John Opie was stolen from a Newark, New Jersey, home by mobsters in 1969. It was recovered and returned to the owner's son 54 years later.
An 18th-century British painting stolen by mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought the painting during the Great Depression. “The Schoolmistress” by John Opie is the sister painting of a similar work housed in the Tate Britain art gallery in London…
