Finding Stole Art with Fine Art Detective Richard Ellis

Profoundly Pointless by Cloud10

Oct 1, 202631:29Society & Culture

For more than 50 years Fine Art Detective Richard Ellis has traveled the world in search of stolen art. In this episode of Profoundly Pointless we explore the fine art underworld. Where stolen masterpieces are sold in se...

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