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Severna Park resident publishes book about sensational art heist

Published 03/27/08

The closest most of us get to $163 million worth of paint is standing inside a Home Depot.

Wendi Winters - For The Capital Author Jerome 'Jerry' Tuccille of Severna Park tell of the 1969 'Art Heist of the Century' in his new book.
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But an art theft Feb. 10 in Europe, during which four paintings worth a total of $163 million were taken, is a loss to art lovers worldwide.

Such a heist can't happen in the United States, you think?

It could and it did.

Jerome "Jerry" Tuccille, 70, a former resident of New York now living in Severna Park, tells all about a heist years ago.

His story of the theft is entitled "Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Celebrated Manhattan Art Theft."

Mr. Tuccille is the author of biographys of Donald...

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