throughout his actions here in the short gallery he goes back and forth about a half dozen times, again passing things that any art expert would say, my god, these are two rafaels. small and portable. why wouldn t you that he those. it is a great mystery to the theft. reporter: another great mystery is this painting by edward manet. the oil painting was taken from the blue room on the first floor. it hung right below manet s portrait of his mother. it was in a gold guild frame and it was here. reporter: though the motion detectors pick up the thieves on the first and second floor, there are no records of anyone enter rg the bling the blue root rick abath who says he passed through the room that night on his regular rounds before theft. rick abath says in the time he worked at the museum, the motion detectors never failed.
throughout his actions in the short gallery, he s going back and forth about a half a dozen times, again, passing things that any art expert would say, my god, these are two raphaels, small and portable. why wouldn t you take those? it s a great mystery to the theft. another great mystery is this painting by edouard manet. the oil painting was taken from the blue room on the first floor. it hung right below manet s portrait of his mother. it was about 8 by 10 and it was in a gold gilded frame and it was here. even though motion detectors picked up the thieves trail by the entrance on the first floor and all throughout the second floor, there are no records of anyone entering the blue room. rick abbot says in the time he worked at the museum, the motion detectors never failed. but he also says it wasn t impossible to avoid the detectors. in fact, he knew exactly how to do that. it was a game he used to play at
he s going back and forth about a half a dozen times, again, passing things that any art expert would say my god, these are two raphls, small and portable. why wouldn t you take those? it s a great mystery to the theft. another great mystery is this painting by edward manet. the oil painting was taken from the blue room on the first floor. it hung right below manet s portrait of his mother. it was about 8 by 10 and it was in a gold, guilded frame and it was here. even though motion detectors picked up the thieve s trail by the instance on the first floor and all throughout the second floor, there are no records of anyone entering the blue room. rick abbot says in the time he worked at the museum, the motion detectors never failed. but he also says it wasn t impossible to avoid the detectors. in fact, he knew exactly how to do that.
some of the paintings from their matting and frames. although two of the rembrandt s were simply cut out of their frames. the other thief headed out of the room, back down the hallway. same path backwards, goes to the early italian room, the raphael room, all the while, passing incredibly priceless art. famous art. raphaels. important chinese pieces. fran jell ko. and walked back to the short gallery where the thief takes five sketches degas. a napoleonic finial from the top of a flag that napoleon s first regiment carried. throughout his actions in the short gallery, he s going back and forth about a half a dozen times, again, passing things that any art expert would say, my god, these are two raphaels, small and portable. why wouldn t you take those? it s a great mystery to the theft. another great mystery is this painting by edouard manet.
passing things that any art expert would say my god, these are two raphaels, small and portable. why wouldn t you take those? it s a great mystery to the theft. another great mystery is this painting by edward manet. the oil painting was taken from the blue room on the first floor. it hung right below manet s portrait of his mother. it was about 8 by 10 and it was in a gold, guilded frame and it was here. even though motion detectors picked up the thooef s trail by the instance on the first floor and all throughout the second floor, there are no records of anyone entering the blue room. rick abbot says in the time he worked at the museum, the motion detectors never failed. but he also says it wasn t impossible to avoid the detectors. in fact, he knew exactly how to do that. it was a game he used to play at night to help pass the time on