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9 Art Crimes Solved with the “Imperial Shopping List” of the Invisible Empire

Update – more possible crimes??? adding The Palermo Caravaggio (October 1969) and maybe – The Milan “Double Heist” (February & May 1975)

  1. April 1972 – Woolworth House, Maine
  2. Sept 4, 1972 – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada – Rembrandt
  3. Memorial Day 1974 – Woolworth House Estate, Maine – The Wyeths
  4. April 14, 1975 – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Rembrandt
  5. Dec 24, 1978 – de Young Museum, San Francisco – Rembrandt
  6. March 18, 1990 – ISGM, Boston – Rembrandts & Vermeer
  7. Sept 9, 1990 – Houghton Hall, UK – The White Duck
  8. Oct 7, 1991 – James Bourlet & Sons Warehouse Fire, UK (13 days after the murder of Donati)
  9. Nov 2000 – Cambridge University, UK – Darwin Notebooks

The “Imperial Shopping List” of the Invisible Empire

This list is not the work of a lone wolf. It is the paper trail of a Band of Brothers curating a private collection of power and prestige. For 50 years, the “System” called these separate crimes. I am showing you they are one performance. It starts with them getting to know each other.

The Acquisition Spree (The Building of the Ghost Collection)

  • April 1972 – Woolworth House (Maine): Oils and watercolors worth $250,000+ stolen from Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth.

  • Sept 4, 1972 – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Canada’s largest heist. 18 paintings including a Rembrandt and Rubens stolen via a skylight.

  • Memorial Day 1974 – Woolworth Estate: The theft of “The Wyeths.”

  • April 14, 1975 – Museum of Fine Arts (Boston): “The Blueprint.” A Rembrandt was stolen and then “traded” for a reduced sentence. This established art as Sovereign Collateral—a “Get Out of Jail Free” card for those who know the game.

  • Dec 24, 1978 – de Young Museum in San Francisco: Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Rabbi stolen via a skylight.

    • The Playwright’s Return (1999): 21 years later, it was returned anonymously in a box to an auction house by a man in a wig and hat.

  • The Golden Age of Immunity (1983–1990)

  • The Proof: Documents confirm he was operating as “Ed Koch” in Miami for years before he introduced himself as “Ed Koch” to my mother. He didn’t invent the alias at the flea market; he incorporated it.

  • March 18, 1990 – ISGM (Boston): The Gardner Heist.

  • Sept 9, 1990 – Houghton Hall (UK): Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s The White Duck.

Connecting the “Architect’s” Dots: The Forensic Signature

  1. The “Cut from Frame” Brand: In Boston (1990), London (1990), and the art “Ed Koch” sold to my mother in Florida (1991 and 1992), the signature is identical: Hastily cut edges. A fire doesn’t leave clean blade marks.

  2. The Avian Obsession: From the Napoleon Eagle Finial (stolen from Gardner) to the Houghton White Duck to the Jane Peterson Snowy Egret, Pelican, and White Parakeets paintings (sold to Mary for $3 ea), the Architect left a thematic bird-trail across his collection.

  3. The 18-Year Rembrandt Cycle: The gap between the 1972 Montreal Rembrandt (skylight entry) and the 1990 Gardner Rembrandt represents the “holding period” of a billionaire. He didn’t want to sell them; he wanted to own them.

The Aftermath Trail (1991–2025)

The 2000s

  • Nov 2000: Charles Darwin’s notebooks, including the famous “Tree of Life” sketch, were first discovered missing in January 2001 from Cambridge University Library, though they were last seen in November 2000 after being removed for photography, with the library concluding they were stolen around that time.
  • Feb 2002: I contact the Calder Foundation to submit the drawings, stating “Ed Koch, deceased” as the provenance from a flea market in Okeechobee in 1990 – though we later determined I was off by a year it was 1991 and 1992. I am sure Mr. Rower contacted the Koch brothers and they knew exactly what to say. They are the billionaires and get accusations against them all the time.
  • Feb 2002: Sold two paintings on eBay. If you view the original 2002 eBay listing for the Picasso drawing
  • Nov 2005: Anthony Amore is hired as the Director of Security and Chief Investigator, a position created specifically to recover the stolen art.

2010-2015

2018-2020

  • March 2018:  Mailed binder evidence – White House Mar A Lago Ivanka Trump Fox News Museum – DELIVERED. Fox News was delivered on March 20, 2018 at 1:24 pm after its journey (view that receipt here) –  view all the evidence on this page.
  • March 20, 2018: Anthony Amore officially announced his candidacy for Secretary of the Commonwealth.
  • Aug 23, 2019: David Koch dies. He was the most public and politically shielded of the brothers. The Darwin Notebooks were stolen for David Koch in 2000.
  • Feb 12, 2020: Frederick R. Koch dies. The primary architects are now off the board. Only two witnesses remain: William Koch and John Olsen. Plus Anthony Amore as the gatekeeper.
  • Oct 2020: Only after both brothers are deceased does Cambridge University finally “admit” the Darwin notebooks were stolen. For 20 years, they claimed the books were simply “misplaced”—waiting for a deathbed return that the Koch deaths finally triggered. I sent a tip and got confirmation see my youtube about it.
    The Return: The “Happy Easter” note in a pink bag is the same “Theatricality” as the “Portrait of a Rabbi” returned in a box by a man in a wig. It proves they treat these returns as a game.
  • Nov 10, 2020: Anthony Amore releases The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: Focuses on Rose Dugdale and the 1974 Russborough House heist.
  • Nov 24, 2020: I emailed Cambridge University my tip for the stolen Notepads. December 9th they respond that my tip is being forwarded to their police contact.

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