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Boston MFA Rembrandt Robbery 50th Anniversary April 14, 2025

Belmont Historical Society: Stealing Rembrandts Anthony Amore November 12, 2014
“Myles Connor is one of these guys who committed every type of crime you can imagine. Make a list. Brainstorm on crimes. He can check off every box. You name it. he's done it, a real bad guy." Anthony Amore 11/12/14 Time 45:00

Anthony Amore at Weston Public Library -Stealing Rembrandts The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists Gardner Heist discussion starts at 58:00
"Every single person who said they could get the paintings back, one of them is Myles Connor, who's come forward and said it, they're all charlatans...hucksters."" Anthony Amore Weston Library 10/29/13 1:24:00

Art thief [Myles Connor] released from prison
Claims new data on Gardner probe by Shelley Murphy and Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe December 8, 2005

"Brockton lawyer Martin K. Leppo, who represents Connor said his client had provided accurate information about the theft, but was unable to offer much help after his memory loss."

Reward, return now focus of [Gardner Heist] case by Shelley Murphy Jonathan Saltzman Boston Sunday Globe March 14, 2010
Last summer, Myles Connor indicated he could broker the return of the Gardner paintings and obtained letters of immunity from the US attorney’s office for himself and Edward Libby, who described himself as a retired businessman in the fishing industry. But Connor hasn’t come up with anything.

Inmate Myles Connor's expected transfer chills Gardner case by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe January 7, 1998

1,000 Tips, 0 Arrests In Heist Investigation by Elizabeth Neuffer, Boston Globe May 13, 1990 Dozens of prison inmates have called the FBI with tips about the Gardner Museum art heist, but one-time art thief Myles J. Connor Jr. isn't one of them. "We've made no attempt to talk to Myles Connor," said FBI supervisory special agent Edward M. Quinn, who heads the agency's Reactive Squad in Boston. Adds Connor's defense attorney, Greg Collins: "He has not been requested to meet with the FBI, and I am pretty sure he has not been in contact with them." Connor, a former rock band leader and art thief, is in jail in Chicago, awaiting sentencing on drug and stolen property charges.

Art thief [Myles Connor] released from prison Claims new data on Gardner probe by Stephen Kurkjian and Shelley Murphy December 8, 2005
Connor "now remembers the name of a middleman who allegedly arranged the theft on behalf of a secret buyer. 'I think I can use my connections and powers of persuasion to make the case that has to be made,'said Connor, who added that he doesn't know who commissioned the theft, but believes it was an eccentric collector who probably still has the artwork.

The Great Art Caper by Steve Lopez Time Magazine November 17, 1997

Jailed art thief may testify Connor eyed in Gardner probe Boston Globe August 26, 1997

A Growing Concern Over Theft of Art Boston Globe September 19, 1976 p>The Boston Globe and the New Fabulism

Connor held as bail jumper at Charles St. Jail Boston Globe September 16, 1975

Infamous area art thief [Myles Connor] far from scene of [Gardner heist] crime Boston Globe March 20, 1990
"[Myles] Connor says Donati and Houghton later told him that if anything happened to them, they would leave him information about where the paintings are, but he needs to be out of jail to get that information."

Art Thief Myles Connor released from prison | Boston Globe December 8, 2005

Singer Connor given 4-year term in theft of Wyeth paintings worth $165,000 ("charged with receiving stolen property that had been carried across state lines") Boston Globe January 5, 1976

Ex-Thief [Connor] says his "collecting" days are over Boston Globe February 12, 1989

False Facts in WBUR/Boston Globe's Last Seen Podcast, Season One Episode Seven (The Myles Connor Episode), October 29, 2018 The thief who removed the Rembrandt from the Boston MFA was described by witnesses as a white male, about 20 years of age, 5-foot-9, about 140 pounds, with long blond hair. Myles Connor, 5-foot-6, was 32 at the time of the theft, and claimed he was wearing a brown wig and leather chauffeur's cap to cover his red hair, during the MFA robbery, when he took credit for this violent crime decades later.

SUSPECT IN EAST COAST ART THEFTS [Myles Connor] SEIZED BY FBI AGENT DOWNSTATE Chicago Tribune March 10, 1989

A prodigal art thief still rocks 'n' rolls Myles Connor Book Review Boston Globe June 5, 2009 "The book is clearly shaded by Connor's version of the truth."

A new documentary looks at Myles Connor, a rocker among thieves March 14, 2024 by Noah SchafferNote: There is no documentary. There is only a trailer. Anthony Amore makes a brief appearance in the trailer. "Trying to document Connor’s early music career 'was like trying to profile a ghost,' says Macomber. 'There’s a 20 second clip on him on stage, a few photos, and a few vinyl signs.'

Sunday, March 17 @ 2:00pm Rock n Roll Outlaw: The Ballad of Myles Connor Brief appearances by Anthony Amore Amore: "When I give lectures or talks or right books about art theft. I speak about 99.99 percent of art thieves. And then I always have to say, except for Myles Connor. And that's why he's the greatest art thief who ever lived, and I think who ever will live.

Reputation catches up to art thief dealt 20 years in prison The Pantagraph July 17, 1990

Release, Reward would be an insult, victims kin says by Judy Rakowsky Boston Globe September 12, 1997

World's Greatest Art Thief arrested for stealing sunglasses from a Woonsocket, RI Rite Aid April Bostoh Phoenix April 13, 2011

Art, hay thief [Myles Connor] charged in R.I. robbery

Crime of the Century World's Greatest Art Thief pleads guilty to stealing hay from Mendon’s Twin Elm Farm.

Ex-thief [Myles Connor] says his "collecting" days are over Daneiel Golden Boston Globe February 12, 1989;

Stealing Beauty March 1998 Vanity Fair by Tom Mashberg

Gunmen Flee Museum with stolen Rembrandt April 15, 1975

Early Portrait by Rembrandt Stolen In Armed Robbery at Boston Fine Arts New York Times April 15, 1975

Boston Police Expect Break in Rembrandt portrait heist Boston Globe April 16, 1975

Early Portrait by Rembrandt Stolen In Armed Robbery at Boston Fine Arts New York Times April 15, 1975

Rembrandt Stolen in Boston Recovered New York Times Januray 4, 1976

Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony Amore and Tom Mashberg 2011 Chapter Six Myles Connor's claim of having stolen a Rembrandt from the MFA Chapter Six Notes: "Connor has written a longer, slightly different account of the robbery in his memoirs, The Art of the Heist, Confessions of a Master Thief (New York: Collins, 2009). This Account Is Drawn from multiple one-on-one interviews with him conducted several years earlier. The small variations in the versions do not in any case alter the basic sequence of events.

"Deal for stolen Rembrandt made in jail cell." Boston Globe January 9, 1976

"76 art theft informer [Myles Connor] held on parole violation"" Boston Globe August 30, 1979

Storied Rembrandt to Be Shown at the Getty New York Times November 17, 2007 As the thieves fled to a waiting car, the armed man fired three shots, hitting no one but adding a movie-scene flourish to what was then thought to be the most expensive art heist in American history.

Some Stolen Wyeth Paintings Recovered Lewiston Daily Sun July 19, 1974

The Rembrandt Heist: The Story of Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship Anthony M. Amore

College Radio interview Anthony Amore discussing his enigmatic friendship with Myles Connor March 29, 2017
Amore: "We [Myles Connor and Anthony Amore] are at the polar opposite ends of the art world. He's the world's greatest art thief and I'm this art theft investigator, for the biggest heist ever, and we met and from the handshake we just hit it off. It was weird. We just have this appreciation. I think we both have this appreciation for art that I think is unique from the vast majority of people. And somewhere in the middle between good and evil, you have that gray area where Myles and I meet. It's hard to explain, but we just get along. He's just incredible."

"The Wild One" "Empty Frames" Interview with Myles Connor's co-author Jenny Siler
Interviewer: In the book, Myles Connor associate David Houghton "told him they robbed the Gardner to help negotiate him out of jail. How did you verify that?"
Jenny Siler: "Well that was one of the things that only Myles, you know, says."

"Myles Connor is the world’s greatest art thief" disinformation links

The World’s Greatest Art Thief Is Alive and Well (And Still Casing the Joint) Boston Magazine March 13, 2024

The Gardner Museum Heist: Who’s Got the Art? Boston Magazine March 13, 2016

To Catch A Thief (Or A Klutz)— Anthony Amore On Art Security by Juliette Kayyem

How the Gardner Museum’s security head befriended ‘the greatest art thief that ever lived’ Boston Globe March 13, 2020 "Outlaw code or no, Amore and Connor share more than a fascination with stolen art. They go to concerts together — Bruce Springsteen, Kevin Hart — and they often share a meal. They speak by phone several times a week and leave each other jokey voice mails."

“The Raymond Rembrandt” - Guest MINDSETTER™ Anthony Amore June 2, 2016

 

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