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Kimberly Ann Phoenix  I would be funny if it was not a crime, in Madrid thieves stole a truck thinking they were getting goods they could sell for money.  What they stole was a truck filled with 35 paintings, belonging to 6 different galleries worth about 7 million dollars.  The police found the van the art work was transferred to after a tip from a junk yard who gave the thieves $42.00 for the Eduardo Chillida sculpture, 'Topos IV', worth more then a million dollars.  When the police found the van most of the art work inside was still in the shipping crates and undamaged, showing the thieves didn't know what to do with the stole art.  Art that is stolen is very hard to sell in the Art market.  There is the registry of stolen work that can be check by reputable dealers when works are offered for sale.  It is interesting there are those who would steal art for once it is stolen it can never be displayed publicly again without risk of being caught.  In this case the biggest question would have to be why was this truck that was transporting art works for six museums left unattended?  Was there more to this story that will never be know known because someone at a junk yard thought the piece of scrap metal looked like something and tipped off police?  Just more questions the Art world may never be able to answer