NO. 2503ERA VIII · VILLAINS · MANHATTAN

The Sapphire Heist

In 1964 the beach boy burglars came through a museum window left ajar and lifted the world's largest star sapphire. The alarm had been broken for months, and the gem was back in a year, unrepentant

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The Sapphire Heist
Number2503
EraERA VIII · The Fabric
FamilyVillains
BoroughManhattan
LocationAmerican Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side
States1 finished state

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.

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