{"product_id":"the-accidental-picasso-thief-the-true-story-of-a-reverse-heist-outrunning-the-fbi-and-fleeing-the-boston-mob-9798765188262","title":"The Accidental Picasso Thief: The True Story of a Reverse Heist, Outrunning the Fbi, and Fleeing the Boston Mob","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Whit Rummel | Noah Charney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Heists \u0026amp; Robberies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, during a Boston snowstorm, a crate containing Pablo Picasso's Portrait of a Woman and a Musketeer vanished from Logan Airport. It should have gone to a Milwaukee gallery-but instead ended up in the closet of Bill Rummel, a young forklift operator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat followed was a stranger-than-fiction chain of events: FBI agents on the hunt, whispers of Whitey Bulger's mob, and a daring \"reverse heist\" devised by Bill's father to secretly return the painting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the mystery didn't end there. After its return, the Picasso disappeared again-vanishing into private hands, unseen by the public for more than fifty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part true crime, part memoir, The Accidental Picasso Thief uncovers the Rummel family's incredible brush with art history, crime, and secrecy-and one man's decades-long search for a lost masterpiece.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46331240284311,"sku":"9798765188262","price":2467.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798765188262.webp?v=1768722329","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-accidental-picasso-thief-the-true-story-of-a-reverse-heist-outrunning-the-fbi-and-fleeing-the-boston-mob-9798765188262","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}