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Gardner Heist

CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL: A MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMONWEALTH CAPER FIT FOR STEPHEN KING

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 2, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"The Gardner heist happened while I was in school here, though. I was going to completely fictionalize it—make up the name of the museum, and the paintings and everything—and then I just thought to pull it out the ’90s and stick it in the ’40s, when security would have been even worse since they didn’t have cameras."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Berkeley Beacon, caper, Charlesgate Confidential, emerson college, fenway park, Gardner Heist, Pulp Fiction, Stephen King

EXCERPT: CAPTAIN SWORD AND THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN ART FRAUD

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 26, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction

Capt. Sword boarded the Connecticut, with his George Washington in tow. However, his destination was not Virginia—it was the Far East.

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Anthony Amore, Art of the Con, books, Captain Sword, Christ and the Adulteress, Gardner Heist, George Washington, Gestapo, history, stolen art, Vermeer

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