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December 30, 2008

Good enough for government work - disappearing British art collection

Works of art worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are missing from British embassies and other official buildings around the world.

At least 50 paintings from the Government Art Collection are unaccounted for, according to the latest audit. None was insured. Some are known to have been stolen but more than half the total simply disappeared.

They disappear from the strangest places - from embassies to the Royal Courts of Justice - and occasionally they turn up at places like Sotheby's.

Posted by CrankyProfessor at December 30, 2008 8:08 AM

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