Renoir paintings are worth a fortune, but not when they’re stolen
Two Renoir paintings were stolen from a small French museum. The paintings remain missing. If the thieves try to sell them, they will have difficulty finding a buyer, because stolen artwork is hard to sell on the legitimate market.
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8 sources$10.5 million in paintings by Renoir were just stolen. Here’s where they could end up
Thieves steal 4 Renoirs from a French museum. 2 of the paintings are still missing
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27 sourcesRenoir paintings worth millions stolen from French museum, thieves on the run
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9 sourcesFrench museum searching for missing Renoir paintings after bold early morning theft
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6 articlesThree paintings worth $10m stolen from Renoir Museum in southern France
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4 articlesThieves steal works of art worth 9 million euros from France's Renoir museum
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2 developments- Sep 8Multi-million dollar art stolen from French museum
- Sep 9French museum searching for missing Renoir paintings after bold early morning theft
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