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Claim: Late Rolex CEO’s girlfriend stole expensive artwork...

By  Julia Marsh

October 7, 2013 6:23pm

 

The daughter of the late CEO of Rolex is battling her father’s girlfriend in court, claiming she swiped at least five pieces of pricey artwork from his Fifth Avenue apartment just three days after he died last March.

Swiss resident Alice Heiniger, daughter of watchmaker Patrick Heiniger and executor of his estate, says his gal pal Nina Stevens removed an oil on canvas by Pablo Picasso, two drawings by Keith Haring*, a Marilyn Monroe series by Andy Warhol and an untitled work by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

 

The Warhol, from the pop artist’s “Reversal Series” of Monroe, and the Picasso, “Buste d’homme,” alone are worth an estimated $14.8 million.

 

Heiniger contacted an art shipment company called Winchester Fine Art Services about the missing works, only to be told that “Mrs. Stevens had instructed Winchester not to share any information about the artwork with anyone,” according to the Manhattan Surrogate’s Court filing.

The disgruntled daughter believes that a second art transport outfit called Elite, also based in Brooklyn, picked up the pieces from Winchester on April 22 “for shipment elsewhere, probably Europe,” she says in the suit.

 

Elite never responded to Heiniger’s queries.

 

Heiniger admits in court papers that there are also issues regarding the artwork’s ownership, but questions to the Tony Shafrazi Gallery on W. 26th Street about their provenance were also never answered.

The daughter says her late father and his girlfriend were clients of Shafrazi for over 15 years.

The Rolex king’s entire art collection, housed in his 40th floor co-op at the Olympic Tower, is worth $11 million, according to court documents.

 

Heiniger wants the court to force the gallery and the two shipment companies to hand over information so she can track down the missing artwork.

She’s also suing Stevens in Europe to learn to turn over other assets that belong to her father “and to disclose information concerning [his] assets worldwide.”

 

In another twist, Heiniger says she learned from an appraiser that some of the artwork in her dad’s Manhattan apartment may be forgeries.

Patrick Heiniger died in Monaco on March 3 at age 62 of an undisclosed illness. He’d been at the helm of the timepiece company from 1992 through 2008.

Nina Stevens’ attorney, Richard Golub, denied the allegations and promised the claims would be “hotly contested” in court.

 

Claim: Late Rolex CEO’s girlfriend stole expensive artwork (nypost.com)

 

*Keith Haring Swatch Watches are being priced for over $15K today.  There is used 'signed' model from 1985 on eBay 8-23-21 for $17.5K USD.

eBay item number:  184535161071

 

 Here is a 'non signed' model for $700:

eBay item number:  174156173497

They look alike to me.

 

 

T or F?

By CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR MAILONLINE 

PUBLISHED: 05:06 EDT, 11 May 2015 | UPDATED: 22:35 EDT, 11 May 2015

50 Cent's crew 'pistol-whipped jeweler and stole Rolex and chain worth $250,000 during Mayweather Pacquaio fight weekend'

 

Robert Marin, owner of LAX Jewelry, says he went to sell items to 50 Cent.

Claims he partied with rapper before being invited to Mayweather's gym.

Mr. Marin says he was pistol-whipped in the gym before jewels were taken.

50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - 'adamantly' denies all the allegations.

 

Rapper 50 Cent and his entourage have been accused of stealing a Rolex and neck chain worth $250,000 from a jeweler during the Mayweather v Pacquiao fight weekend in Vegas.

Robert Marin, owner of LAX Jewelry which specializes in diamond-studded bling worn by rappers, says he was in Vegas in order to sell the watch and chain to 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson.

Mr Marin says he partied with Jackson before being invited to look at Floyd Mayweather's gym, where he says he was pistol-whipped by two of Jackson's security and the items were taken.

 

50 Cent's crew 'pistol-whipped jeweler and stole Rolex and chain' | Daily Mail Online

 

 

T for sure...

PUBLISHED: 16:24 EDT, 12 March 2020 | UPDATED: 16:59 EDT, 12 March 2020

Two 'Rolex robbers' are jailed for a total of 17 years for series of attacks in which they stole £76,000 worth expensive watches and jewelry at knifepoint...

 

Darren Buchanan and Cameo Joseph robbed Rolex watch owners across London. 

They threatened four people with knives to steal their watches and jewelry. 

The Metropolitan Police established a task force to track down the armed gang.

Buchanan was jailed for nine years while Joseph received eight years in prison. 

 

These are the shocking scenes as a pair of armed robbers, who were today jailed for 17 years, attacked a victim for their valuable Rolex watches. 

Darren Buchanan, 27, and Cameo Joseph, 26, both from Brent, north London were responsible for a string of knifepoint robberies in the capital. 

Footage released by the Metropolitan Police showed the pair violently attacking one victim.

 

The gang were operating across London for almost nine months and were responsible for at least four attacks, where they stole watches and jewellery worth £76,270. 

Buchanan and Joseph were tracked down by the Central West Crime Squad who were tasked with targeting the gang.   

In one robbery, Hisham Saeed had been dining with his partner at Novikov in Mayfair when Cameo Joseph, 26, and Darren Buchanan, 27, tore the timepiece from his wrist last August.

 

They followed his taxi in Buchanan's Audi A5 Coupe as it travelled to his home in St John's Wood, before parking up and rushing towards him as he opened the door to leave.

Mr. Saeed was yanked from the seat and dragged aside where the robbers threatened him with a knife when he struggled and kicked to break free.

The pair was also involved in a second watch robbery three days earlier, on 5 August, Southwark Crown Court heard.

Buchanan also took part in three further robberies, dating back to December 2018.

 

For the rest of the story...

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8106323/Two-Rolex-robbers-jailed-total-17-years.html

 

 

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If someone wants to steal my Rolex, I just hope it's one of my fakes. But regardless, I'm giving them the watch and keeping my mouth shut.