Offering works by Picasso, Miró, Chagall, Dali, Andy Warhol and Rembrandt, Martin Lawrence Galleries could rival a museum.But museum art can’t be purchased, which is why the Union Square gallery’s auction Saturday at the Stanford Court hotel in The City is so exciting. (Other Martin Lawrence Galleries in San Diego; Oak Brook, Ill.; and New Orleans are hosting similar events.)
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Although the apparent value of the Pablo Picasso sketch stolen last summer from a Union Square art gallery has surged, owner Rowland Weinstein said he’s no longer selling the work, which he put back on display Monday.The notorious heist of Picasso’s 1965 pencil drawing “Tête de Femme” has brought so much foot traffic to the Weinstein Gallery that keeping it on display is more valuable than the art itself, Weinstein said.
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Is there a surveillance camera tape in America that Mark Lugo has not starred in?Lugo, the unemployed 30-year-old sommelier accused of stealing a dozen artworks, including a Picasso sketch from a Union Square art gallery, was allegedly caught in the act on security cameras in San Francisco, New Jersey and New York.
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Alleged Picasso art thief Mark Lugo’s passport was seized Friday and a defense request to reduce his $5 million bail was denied after a San Francisco judge said he poses a safety risk to the nation’s businesses.
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A police raid on Mark Lugo’s New Jersey apartment Tuesday uncovered several stolen artworks, including a Picasso painting that was taken from a Manhattan art gallery, investigators said Thursday.
Lugo, 30, of Hoboken, N.J., is locked up in San Francisco County Jail after being charged with stealing a Picasso sketch from the Weinstein Gallery in Union Square on July 5. The drawing, “Tête de Femme,” is worth more than $200,000.
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When police raided the New Jersey apartment of alleged Picasso theft suspect Mark Lugo on Tuesday, they said more stolen artwork was found, including another Picasso.
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A police raid on Mark Lugo’s New Jersey apartment on Tuesday uncovered several stolen artworks - including a Picasso painting that was taken from a Manhattan hotel, investigators said Thursday.
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Robert Lesnick, loss prevention manager for a New Jersey fine wine store, told The San Francisco Examiner Thursday he was “gobsmacked” to learn that Mark Lugo was arrested last week for the brazen theft of a Picasso drawing from a Union Square art gallery.
“I was having my morning coffee reading the paper and almost spit it out,” Lesnick said.
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Mark Lugo stole from me, too!
Robert Lesnick, a loss prevention manager for a fine wine store in New Jersey, told The San Francisco Examiner Thursday he was “gobsmacked” to learn that Lugo was arrested for the brazen theft of a Picasso drawing from a Union Square art gallery.
“I was having my morning coffee reading the paper and almost spit it out,” Lesnick said.
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Mark Lugo, the New Jersey resident accused of stealing a Picasso drawing from a San Francisco art gallery, was charged by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office on Friday.
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