2 Picasso etchings worth $450,000 stolen from Flirida art gallery

Published Thursday May 22nd, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach, Fla..

Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday.

Palm Beach police spokeswoman Janet Kinsella says investigators found a glass back door smashed and the two etchings missing.

She says one of the etchings was valued at $150,000 and the other at $300,000.

The gallery has identified the pieces as "The Frugal Meal" and "Jacqueline Lisant."

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