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angelatc
11-05-2013, 02:27 PM
This makes me nauseous.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/05/massive-art-hoard-found-in-germany-includes-unknown-chagall-painting/ (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/05/massive-art-hoard-found-in-germany-includes-unknown-chagall-painting/)


nvestigators searched Cornelius Gurlitt’s apartment in an upscale Munich district in February 2012, as part of a tax investigation that started with a routine check on a Zurich-Munich train in late 2010.


The art found in Gurlitt’s apartment was hidden behind tins of food. When police arrested the 80-year-old, they discovered that he had never opened a bank account, had no German health insurance and was unknown to tax authorities and social services, The Guardian reports. He also appeared to have no job or source of apparent income.

That's our future, right there.

HOLLYWOOD
11-05-2013, 02:31 PM
The mysterious painting hoarder who was revealed to have stashed more than 1,400 works in his apartment – estimated to be worth around $1 billion --How the hell do you hide 1400 works of art, in an apartment?

Cleaner44
11-05-2013, 03:02 PM
This guy was smart apparently and lived off the grid his entire life. It seems that living independent of the state is a crime in Germany. Now he has disappeared, hopefully with millions in gold and other forms of money.