I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Weisman when he was in town for the exhibit and he invited me to dinner with my friend Berit and some other mucky mucks from the Pavilion. He befriended Berit and she visited him at his Seattle home where she got to see some of his amazing collection. The Weisman museum in Minneapolis is named after Richard’s parents. The O.J. picture is probably worth quite a bit.
Described by Los Angeles police as one of the city’s biggest home robberies in more than a decade, thieves made off with millions of dollars worth of Andy Warhol paintings depicting some of the greatest athletes of the 1970s. The one-of-a-kind paintings included Muhammad Ali, O.J. Simpson and Chris Evert.
Businessman and art collector Richard Weisman has offered a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of the 10 silk-screen paintings stolen sometime between Sept. 2 and Sept. 3.
“It’s one of the largest residential burglaries that has occurred in L.A.,” said Los Angeles Police Department detective Don Hrycyk. “Maybe the biggest one in the last 15 years.”