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The 81-Minute Heist That Stunned Boston
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum lost $500 million in art during just 81 minutes on March 18, 1990. Two men in fake police gear got inside at 1:24 a.m.
After tying up the guards in the basement, they cut priceless works from frames and grabbed others by hand.
They took Rembrandt’s “Christ in the Storm,” Vermeer’s “The Concert,” and 11 more treasures before slipping away at 2:45 a.m…