Picasso etchings stolen from gallery
Created: May 23, 2008 11:00 AM
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) – Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach, Florida.
Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba at about 3.40 a.m. on Thursday. Palm Beach police spokeswoman Janet Kinsella says a glass back door had been smashed and the two etchings were missing. She says the etchings were valued at $150,000 and $300,000.
She says authorities are still trying to determine the works' titles. The investigation is ongoing.