Probe of stolen art goes national
Felch, J., and Boehm, M. (2008) ‘Probe of stolen art goes national’, Los Angeles Times, 29 January.
A federal investigation into looted Asian antiquities at Southland museums has broadened to include a prominent Chicago industrialist and art collector who purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of allegedly stolen artifacts from a Cerritos arts dealer.
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