{"id":36,"date":"2025-04-27T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/artcrime\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:15:22","slug":"proposed-thefts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/artcrime\/proposed-thefts\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Thefts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Explore the thefts and heists that the MST 460 students hypothetically proposed during the Spring 2025 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art theft is a complicated, yet compelling facet of the art crime world. While many of us imagine heists to be exciting and full of fashionable technology, such as James Bond and his exploding watches, art heists in the real world have the very real possibility to go awry. This means that a thief needs to carefully consider every step of their plan. The theoretical thefts ranged from famous novels to 3 feet tall oil paintings to a chess set from a Scottish Museum and more. Explore their posts below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Is it as simple as removing a frame from a wall?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A Gesture as Romantic as Eggs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Snuff Box Gets Snuffed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How Van Gogh Paid For My Tropical Vacation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kidnapping William <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Heist of the Finger-Ring: A Hypothetical Art Theft<\/a>
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Roosevelt is Rolling in His Grave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Beauty of Camille Monet was stolen!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Checkmate! Stealing the Lewis Chessmen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Portrait of a Protest: Theft, Power, and the Politics of Display<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Forgeries and False Confidence: Inside TikTok’s Biggest Art Scam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Silent Shelves: A Study of Rare Book Theft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Ghost Collector & The Fighting Temeraire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nunc est Furari!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How to Steal Three Gold Boxes from the British Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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