ICE Seizes Stolen Art From Florida’s Brogan Museum – Said To Be Taken During WWII
[UPDATE: November 9, 2011 – Read more details here.]
Thanks go to Gary Nurkin for alerting me to this news.
[UPDATE: November 9, 2011 – Read more details here.]
Thanks go to Gary Nurkin for alerting me to this news.
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