attempted to take the flaing itsei flag but it appears to get too difficult to take down. that appears to be the clue that s most interesting. i know the fbi spent a lot of time trying to figure that out. visiting, talking to associations who are involved with napoleonic memorabilia to see was there a bounty for one of these banners? reporter: why did the thieves want that flag so badly? is it possible they were given a specific list of artwork to steal which a collector who especially loved those 13 works of art? that brings us to another theory. one that has been made popular by hollywood. $1 million, mr. bond. do you think it is possible that they re in some private gallery owned by some eccentric billionaire somewhere like the dr. no type character? no. no. the whole idea that a collector s holding on to stolen magnificent works of art all came from that movie dr. no.
of other art they stole. the two big rembrandts and the vamir, these three pieces account for 90% of, let s call it, $400 million, $500 million, of the value. reporter: another big question? why did the thieves bother taking the golden finial that sat atop a napoleonic flag. at first it appears they attempted to take the flag but it appears to get too difficult to take down. it appeared they wanted that flag real bad. and that s a clue that s been the most interesting. i know the fbi spent a lot of time trying to figure that out. visiting, talking to associations who are involved with napoleonic memorabilia to see was there a bounty for one of these banners? reporter: why did the thieves want that flag so badly? is it possible they were given a specific list of artwork to
of the other art they stole. the two, big rembrandts and the vamere, those three pieces account for 90% of let s call it $500 million, $400 million, whatever the mix, of the value. reporter: another big question, why did the thieves bother taken a golden finial that sat on top of a flag? at first, it seems they attempted to steal the flag itself. but it proved to be too difficult to take down. they wanted very badly to get that flag. that s always seemed to me to be the clue that is the most interesting. and i know the f.b.i. has spent a lot of time trying to figure that out. visiting, talking to, associations who are involved with napoleonic memorabilia to see was there a bounty for one of these banners? reporter: why did the thieves want that flag so badly?
$500 million, $400 million, of the value. another big question, why did the thieves bother taken a golden finial that sat on top of a napoleonic flag? at first, it seems they attempted to steal the flag itself. but it proved to be too difficult to take down. they wanted very badly to get that flag. that s always seemed to me to be the clue that is the most interesting. and i know the fbi has spent a lot of time trying to figure that out. visiting, talking to, associations who are involved with napoleonic memorabilia to see was there a bounty for one of these banners? why did the thieves want that flag so badly? is it possible they were given a specific list of artwork to steal? by a collector who especially loved those 13 works of art? that brings us to another theory. one that has been made popular by hollywood. $1 million, mr. bond. do you think it s possible