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The Art-Fair Sleight of Hand - Grand Palais
On 2 April 2017, as the Art Paris art fair was being dismantled inside the Grand Palais, two thieves used a classic distraction scam, with one claiming a jewellery saleswoman had dropped money while the other snatched her bag, making off with around 200,000 euros in jewels.
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The Grand Palais is one of the architectural marvels of Paris, a vast hall of stone, steel and glass built for the World's Fair of 1900, with a soaring glazed nave that floods the interior with light. For more than a century it has hosted the city's grandest exhibitions and art fairs. On the night of 2 April 2017, as the four-day Art Paris fair was being packed away, it also hosted a quiet, almost old-fashioned crime. Two thieves approached a jewellery saleswoman amid the bustle of the dismantling. One distracted her by insisting she had dropped money on the floor, and while her attention was turned, his accomplice simply lifted a bag holding roughly 200,000 euros in jewels and walked away. No weapons, no broken glass, just a con trick as old as the city, pulled off under one of its most spectacular roofs.
Fatti principali
- 200000 euros — The approximate value of the jewels lifted from the saleswoman's bag during the scam.
- 2 thieves — One distracted the saleswoman while the other snatched the bag and slipped away.
- 2017 year — The theft took place on 2 April 2017 as the Art Paris fair was being dismantled.
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