Missing

It's been over a decade since the highest-value art heist in history took place at the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston. Two men dressed as police officers gained entry into the museum after midnight, tied up the museum guards, and in a brisk pace, gathered a small group of pieces with a combined value of nearly $500 million dollars, and left by car.

So much time has passed without a call for ransom, or any mysterious appearance for private sale or auction.  Has a wealthy collector with exacting tastes built a private viewing room for the stolen treasures? Was the culprit one of the disguised police officers? Were those two hired exclusively for the heist?  If so, have they stopped looking over their shoulders and settled into legitimate trades?

The Concert by Johannes Vermeer 

(one of only thirty-four paintings he completed in his short lifetime)

The paintings were cut from their frames

The Gardner Museum is offering a reward of five million dollars for information leading to the recovery of their artwork. The stolen work; a Vermeer, a Manet, three Rembrandts, five Degas sketches, a Chinese vase and a bronze finial remain missing.

From their website:

The museum continues to issue the call to the holders of the works to conserve them in recommended temperatures and humidity levels.