Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, stealing priceless Napoleonic jewels. On Sunday, they used a basket lift to access the museum, smashed display cases, and fled with the treasures.
In the melt down and recut scenario, is it “easy money” though? Seems like robbing the most famous museum in the planet would be inviting one of the most well resourced investigations over gems that I presume could have been stolen from somewhere a little more low profile.
I’m not remotely knowledgeable, but it feels like it wouldn’t be worth going after the louvre specifically without confidence you have someone willing to acquire the pieces intact rather than having to erase nearly all their “value” in the process.
In the melt down and recut scenario, is it “easy money” though? Seems like robbing the most famous museum in the planet would be inviting one of the most well resourced investigations over gems that I presume could have been stolen from somewhere a little more low profile.
I’m not remotely knowledgeable, but it feels like it wouldn’t be worth going after the louvre specifically without confidence you have someone willing to acquire the pieces intact rather than having to erase nearly all their “value” in the process.
It certainly wouldn’t be the desired outcome! But the point is that there’s money to be made either way.