Amateur Treasure Hunters Discover Infamous Stolen Room Worth Over $500 Million

Landscape with an Obelisk 

This piece was also stolen from Gardner Museum of Boston on the same day that “Storm on the Sea of Galilee” was taken. This is another painting that went through a similar appraising process and was never given a standard price. Painted in 1638 by Govert Flinck, nobody has seen this painting since it was stolen. There is a $5,000,000 reward for either of these paintings if anyone has any leads. The next piece is worth three times that...

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