A pair of bumbling thieves nearly melted down $1 million worth of artwork thinking it was scrap metal:
A Pair of Bumbling Thieves Nearly Melted Down $1 Million Worth of Artwork Thinking It Was Scrap Metal
Several bronze pieces by the late artist Greek Austrian sculptor were stolen from a Vienna studio last month, and offered to a recycling company for a few thousand euros.Joannis Avramidis in-between his sculptures. Photograph taken at the studio of the Academy of Fine Arts. Vienna, Photography. 1989.
Several important works of art by the late Greek-Austrian artist Joannis Avramidis, valued at more than $1 million, were nearly lost forever when a pair of bumbling thieves mistook the pieces for scrap metal. Five bronze reliefs and two bronze sculptures were due to be melted down in a furnace in Vienna after being swiped from a studio in the city’s historic Leopoldstadt district last month.
Two suspects were apprehended on June 9 after investigators determined that the oblivious pair had peddled the art objects—weighing in at around 2,200 pounds in total—to a recycling company for a few thousand euros. According topolice asserted that the works were due to be melted down “imminently,” but have since been returned to their rightful owner.
Als ca. eine Tonne Metall einem Recyclingunternehmen zum Einschmelzen angeboten wurde, konnten dies unsere Kolleg*innen der EGS gerade noch verhindern. Es handelt sich nämlich um gestohlene Kunstobjekte im Wert von mehr als 1 Million €.
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