What’s Hot: Officials seize $460K Picasso sketch at Ibiza airport
Spanish authorities on the island of Ibiza seized a Picasso sketch worth more than $460,000 after a traveler failed to declare it to airport customs.
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Jul 20, 2022, 11:59 AM
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Updated 667 days ago
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Spanish
authorities on the island of Ibiza seized a Picasso sketch worth more than
$460,000 after a traveler failed to declare it to airport customs.
At first,
the unnamed passenger from Switzerland tried to pass the drawing off as a copy
with relatively little monetary value.
But a
gallery invoice in his luggage listed it as the original 1966 Picasso work
entitled "Trois Personnages" - or "Three Figures."
Spanish
authorities said their Swiss counterparts had tipped them off to the passenger
before he arrived on the island.
The alleged
smuggling attempt took place in early July.
Officials
only released details of the incident on Monday after preliminary analysis
suggested the signed sketch was a genuine Picasso work.
