The Great New York Holiday Art Heist

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Thieves made off with some big name pieces after an art heist in New York’s West Village, in an operation that seems straight out of The Thomas Crown Affair. (C’mon, NewsFeed isn’t the only one who liked this movie, right?)

The thieves broke into the apartment by digging through the wall in an adjacent hallway and found themselves in the midst of an art collection worth nearly $1 million. Clearly the thieves had watched a heist movie or two as well, because they also stole the video from the surveillance cameras watching them.

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The valuable art stolen included:

“Thinking Nude” – a 42” x 61” print by Roy Lichtenstein
“Moonscape” – a 19” x 23” print by Roy Lichtenstein
“Camouflage” – a 38” x 38” set of eight signed prints in various colors by Andy Warhol
“The Truck” – a 39” x 39” print by Andy Warhol
“Superman” – a 38” x 38” print by Andy Warhol
“Live Cat” – a 48” x 60” oil painting by Carl Fudge

All which add up to a pretty amazing collection–or in this case, some pretty sweet loot for thieves.  (via CBS)