A $100,000 gouache on paper painting stolen from midtown's Marlborough Gallery in 1989 was spotted recently and turned in by an eagle-eyed art dealer. Robert Landau, a Montreal-based gallery owner, was first approached about buying Paul Klee's "Portrait in the Garden" in December 2009 at a Miami art fair. He said he couldn't evaluate the 1930 work's authenticity on the spot, so the seller packed it up and mailed it to Canada, expecting a fat check in return. Instead Landau placed an urgent call to Homeland Security. He told the AP, "We don't deal in stolen art.'' more ›

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