Being the largest art theft in American history, Tom Mashburg had found himself 200 miles away from the scene of the crime, tracking yet another lead. Tom was shown a painting by his guide and on the painting there was no signature. Tom had told the F.B.I. about what he had seen and the federal agents had just pushed him away, making it even harder to prove his point. …show more content…
While in 1995, 4 of the notebooks were found up for sale at Sotheby's, but 6 artifacts remained missing. "Trying to locate items that disappeared decades ago represents a significant challenge for law enforcement," said by Bonnie Magness-Gardiner. Bonnie is the head of the FBI art crime team and she even thinks it’s a challenge. All these problems occur in order to find these missing pieces of