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On March 18, 1990, 13 paintings worth a total of $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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Is it true that on March 18, 1990, 13 paintings worth a total of $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston?
Yes. Multiple reliable sources confirm that on March 18, 1990, thieves stole 13 art pieces valued at approximately $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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Wikipedia: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum
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Confirms the March 18, 1990 art theft at the museum in Boston with a $300-$500 million valuation.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Professionalism/Diane Vaughan and the normalization of deviance. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/Diane_Vaughan_and_the_normalization_of_deviance
Confirms paintings were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on March 18, 1990.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Landscape with Obelisk. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_with_Obelisk
Explicitly states 13 paintings worth $500 million were stolen from the museum on March 18, 1990.
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Simple English Wikipedia: Simple English Wikipedia: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft. (n.d.). Simple English Wikipedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft
Confirms 13 works of art were stolen from the museum in Boston on March 18, 1990.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft
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