Get out of town with this guy. How sad, though, that this little picture is the best photograph I can find of him. I’ve been in such a writing mood recently. I’ve been so “in the zone” that I haven’t even felt like swapping out my 1 GB memory cards for the 500 GB cards that may save my computer’s life. Long story. Whatever.
Okay, okay. I’ll blog. You can thank Richard for this one.
- Harold Smith was a detective.
Come again?
- Harold Smith was an art detective.
Is that all?
- Harold Smith was an art detective and investigator.
Much better.
- Harold Smith was an art detective who, among other things, was assigned to the Isabella Stewart Gardner theft, about which i blogged two posts ago.
- Not only was Smith a art detective, he also looked into the cases of missing jewels.
- Smith worked on the case of the largest gold theft in American history, about which I can give you no further information, as it is off topic and I don’t dabble in tangents.
- He worked for Lloyds of London and was a security consultant for the Getty, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and the Smithsonian.
What about the eye patch?
- What about it?
Well…what about it?
- Harold Smith wore the eye patch due to cancer.
- He died in February 2005.
- There is a film called Stolen that is about Harold Smith.
I’ll delve into this world (this man) much further, but now is not the time. Is that all right? I hope so.
Tomorrow may not be the time either, as it is hard to find information on this subject.
Good-night.