Yeah that sucks.
It’ll just be sold to some bourgeois asshole to sit in some private collection out of view of the public for the next hundred years (probably some monarchist fan too…) and enrich some professional criminals whose acts are in no way revolutionary. These are not the type of people who are shoplifting a Walmart or robbing a small bank branch.
Say what you will about France and stolen stuff, this isn’t a repatriation of stolen heritage or wealth, it’s just shifting stuff from public view where anyone with a bit of money can enjoy it for an entry fee (not far from the socialist ideal where anyone can enjoy it free), to some private collection to enrich some professional criminals and add pleasure to the day to day of some rich asshole who probably jerks off over the idea of monarchy.
I look forward to the film adaptation.
Maybe they’re curators from the British museum
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good heist.
The old gang came back for one last job. Joey Bananas, Legs McGillicuddy, Five Finger Frank, Stinky and Mr. Black.
Sorry this is Fr*nce so it’s Julian d’banan, Pieds d’honhonhon, Francois de la cinq digits, pepe le peu and monsieur noir
Heists will always kick assyou might enjoy this story
It could only be the notorious Arsène Lupin!
Arsène Lupine is based on a real French anarchist gentleman master thief and folk hero, who left cards at the scene of the crime and gave the stolen money to the anarchist cause: Marius Jacob. He was very successful with over 150 burglaries and had a whole gang.
The Duolingo French podcast has a whole season about his live.
The right to live isn’t begged for, it’s taken.
I preferred to rob rather than be robbed!
Well, Napoleon’s jewels would be low hanging fruit.
I hate the idea that the art will be sold to some rich asshole who will keep it in his house until he dies, but at the same time, heists are works of art.
selling art that you have to “steal” from the gallery could be an escape-room style fad.
Delete this before someone steals it.
Ohhh nooo not the precious jewelry! But but but the monarchy used to own those!!!
I’m gonna back the French on this one since they did the right thing with the monarchy and made their possessions generate income for the people.
It’s pretty much the best option. The ill-gotten gains of kings often includes piles of trinkets and art that’s not really valuable to the rest of us sold off or melted down. There’s valuable history and artistic merit on display. Turn it into a museum. Charge a little to keep the place nice so the next generations can remember.
Plus, dead monarchs make me happy ☺️
I mean yeah, but jewels are basically the least culturally valuable art in the Louvre so I’m not too broken up about this.
Any artifact is culturally relevant. Jewelry isn’t the exception
Heists are so cool ahhhhh. In and out - quick getaway- and it was open at the time!? So cool
wow the thieves used a ladder truck, that’s amazing! (I guess it is called a “basket lift” but I don’t see any basket)
The basket is at the bottom of the arm, right besides the tree
ohhhhh yeah. neat
What is this from lol
Japanese animation called Lupin III, it is a very very long running master thief series that began in 1965. There’s half a dozen seasons and a dozen movies. Pretty much everything is standalone so you can jump in anywhere. All of it is good. Steal shit from rich people for the thrill and kill nazis kind of stuff. Even the 3d movie is very good.
It’s relevant here because Lupin III is based on Arsene Lupine, a french fictional master thief.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
golgo 13
If you see this man, contact the gendarmerie!
Armed with small chainsaws and box cutters, they smashed display cases before fleeing on Yamaha TMax scooters
Robbers used to do their getaways in Minis, but now the Minis are so damn big you can’t drive them in stairwells anymore so robbers are forced to buy Japanese maxi scooters instead.
Some Welsh bronze age pieces were stolen recently as well :(
