Breaking: Dali Painting Stolen in Netherlands

This just across the wire: Armed burglars have stolen a valuable Salvador Dali painting, per the Associated Press -- no story yet, just the headline. Their sources are Dutch police. More to come!

*UPDATE, 12:38 p.m.: Masked, armed robbers threatened the guards at a Netherlands musuem and made off with two paintings, one by surrealist Dali, the Associated Press is reporting via the Boston Herland. The piece says that the Dali work in question is a gouache rendering called "Adolescence," about 18 by 12 inches. The armed thieves also took a painting by Polish art deco artist Tamara de Lempicka. Read the full report here.

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