Thieves used hammers to interrupt via a doorway and steal a Marc Chagall print valued at $100,000 from a Manhattan gallery in late September.
The thieves approached Carlton Superb Arts’ location on Madison Avenue within the early morning hours of 25 September and eliminated the work, Eve, from its easel within the gallery’s storefront show after forcing their manner in. Safety digicam footage captured the occasion, however no suspects have but been named.
Gallery proprietor Charles Saffati informed NBC New York he was shocked the sort of smash-and-grab heist might occur in such a tony a part of Midtown Manhattan. “The St Regis is down the block, you bought the Palace Resort. You bought the Peninsula Resort. It’s a really high-end space, you bought Trump Tower two blocks away,” he stated. “A whole lot of police in that space too, so that they must be very brazen to return and do one thing like that.” His gallery additionally sits just some blocks from the Museum of Trendy Artwork, public sale homes Christie’s and Phillips, and a focus of main galleries on 57th Road.
The thieves parked their getaway automotive a block from the gallery, requiring the purloined Chagall to be carried via the rain earlier than it was positioned behind a dented 1996 Honda Accord. Although the crime was caught on video, the New York Police Division’s Main Crimes job pressure is interesting to the general public for help in figuring out the criminals.
Within the meantime, Saffati stated he has upgraded the gallery’s safety equipment. He needed to “put in a whole new storefront as a result of we ended up placing safety glass, we needed to improve our alarm system”, he informed NBC “We added 24-hour armed safety guards. It’s an amazing value for us.”
