Thief steals Salvador Dali painting right off gallery wall in Manhattan
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The NYPD says this man stole a Salvador Dali painting from a Manhattan gallery.
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A man posing as a buyer of fine art waltzed into a Manhattan gallery and made off with a Salvador Dali painting worth tens of thousands of dollars on Tuesday, the NYPD said.
The man stole the painting from Venus Over Manhattan Art Gallery on the Upper East Side at about 4:30 p.m. on June 19, 2012, police said.
He asked a security guard if he could ake a photo of "Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio." When the guard stepped away, the man grabbed the painting off the wall and fled westbound on East 77th Street, according to a report and the NYPD.
The 1949 painting is worth about $150,000, authorities said.
Security camera footage shows the suspect wearing a black and white shirt, dark-colored jeans and dark footwear. He is described as white, about 35 to 40 years old, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a receding hairline.
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The NYPD says this man stole a Salvador Dali painting from a Manhattan gallery.
