The two were last seen holding hands as they strolled north on 10th Avenue near West 28th Street, surveillance video showsPolice are looking for a couple they say strolled into a Manhattan art gallery and tried to walk out with a $45,000 Jean-Michel Basquiat painting last weekend, authorities say.
The woman, who has long blonde hair and is thought to be about 20 to 30 years old, and the man, who is believed to be around the same age, went into a 10th Avenue gallery around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, when it was still broad daylight out, and allegedly tried to remove the painting. It wasn't clear how they planned to get it out, but they didn't -- and they walked off. The two were last seen holding hands as they strolled north on 10th Avenue near West 28th Street, surveillance video shows.
The pair are said to speak with an unknown European accent, police say. Anyone with information on the duo seen in the above footage is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
Why not? It’s par for New York
LWinthorpe Hahaha. “I wanted to see how it’d look in my bathroom”
You mean 🗣 THIEVES!
The gallery was probably closed at night.
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