Historian, art. collector Barry Landau pleads guilty to stealing documents, art.
The self-proclaimed presidential historian and art collector Barry Landau pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in historical documents and art. Last year, federal agents seized national treasures from his Manhattan home like, letters from Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx and FDR.
The German Police have recovered several stolen works of art. The loot is estimated at €1.6 million and features works by Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Otto Dix, Max Beckmann and other European masters, revealed the French Press Agency.