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US vs. Art Thieves: True Stories of the FBI's Real Indiana Jones
Date and Time
Wednesday Oct 15, 2014
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT4:30PM October 15, 2014
Location
Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Center for the Arts Box Office
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An illustrated lecture by Robert Goldman, former federal prosecutor, Special Trial Attorney and advisor to the FBI's Art Crime Team, and private practice attorney specializing in art, antiquities, and collections law; and Robert Wittman, Special Agent, founder of the FBI's Art Crime Team, and author of the bestselling book Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures. The two will talk about their experiences recovering and litigating nearly half a billion dollars' worth of art and cultural artifacts, including works by Cassatt, Rockwell, Grandma Moses, Goya, Brueghel, Rembrandt, Rodin, and Renoir, and items belonging to Geronimo, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Andrew Jackson, John Brown, William Penn, and Andrew Hamilton, as well as an original copy of the Bill of Rights that had been believed lost for a hundred years. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Free
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