Idiot Criminal Asks Expert for Appraisal


	Idiot Criminal Asks Expert for Appraisal

CrazyRedHead

6-18-2007 12:01 AM

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idiots, art, crime, ugly statuary

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6-18-2007 8:33 AM

wiccantexan

What's Ozzy Osbourne doing on 17th century porcelain? Or maybe it's David Lee Roth. Hard to tell.

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</P><P>Jason Cochlin, 32, was part of a gang who took the figure of Ignis - the personification of fire - and 11 others from the Allen Gallery in Alton, Hampshire, in 2002. 
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