9 Art Crimes Solved with the "Imperial Shopping List" of the Invisible Empire- April 1972 - Woolworth House, Maine
- Sept 4, 1972 - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada - Rembrandt
- Memorial Day 1974 - Woolworth House Estate, Maine - The Wyeths
- April 14, 1975 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Rembrandt
- Dec 24, 1978 - de Young Museum, San Francisco - Rembrandt
- March 18, 1990 - ISGM, Boston - Rembrandts & Vermeer
- Sept 9, 1990 - Houghton Hall, UK - The White Duck
- Oct 7, 1991 - James Bourlet & Sons Warehouse Fire, UK (13 days after the murder of Donati)
- Nov 2000 - Cambridge University, UK - Darwin Notebooks
The "Imperial Shopping List" of the Invisible EmpireThis list is not the work of a lone wolf. It is the paper trail of a Band of Brothers curating a private collection of power and prestige. For 50 years, the "System" called these separate crimes. I am showing you they are one performance. It starts with them getting to know each other. The Acquisition Spree (The Building of the Ghost Collection)
April 1972 – Woolworth House (Maine): Oils and watercolors worth $250,000+ stolen from Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth. The entry into "High Society" theft. Sept 4, 1972 – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Canada’s largest heist. 18 paintings including a Rembrandt and Rubens stolen via a skylight (using a nylon rope). The Forensic Key: The thieves prioritized the 'List' items first, securing the Rembrandt and Rubens immediately. The other 20 masterpieces—including a Picasso, a Renoir, and an El Greco— were left stacked by the door when the alarm tripped. They intended to take them all.
Memorial Day 1974 – Woolworth Estate: The theft of "The Wyeths." A specific 'order' fulfilled for a private family collection. Years later, William Koch would become the world's premier collector of this exact genre, culminating in his 'Visions of the West' exhibition. Was the 1974 theft the early foundation of this obsession? Click here and click here. April 14, 1975 – Museum of Fine Arts (Boston): "The Blueprint." A Rembrandt was stolen and then "traded" for a reduced sentence. This established art as Sovereign Collateral—a "Get Out of Jail Free" card for those who know the game. Dec 24, 1978 – de Young Museum in San Francisco: Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Rabbi stolen via a skylight. The Golden Age of Immunity (1983–1990) 1983: Frederick and William Koch settle their lawsuit against brothers Charles and David, walking away with $1.1 Billion. The "Architects" now have unlimited liquidity to fund the next phase without oversight. 1984–1986: The Infrastructure Build (Miami) With the cash secured, Frederick Koch builds the machine to clean the assets.
The Proof: Documents confirm he was operating as "Ed Koch" in Miami four years before he introduced himself as "Ed Koch" to my mother. He didn't invent the alias at the flea market; he incorporated it. - March 18, 1990 – ISGM (Boston): The Gardner Heist.
The Smoke Screen: At 12:44 AM, internal smoke alarms were triggered—a technical diversion to "blind" the guards. The Extraction: Rembrandt’s only seascape and the Vermeer were cut from their frames with a blade.
Connecting the "Architect's" Dots: The Forensic SignatureThe "Cut from Frame" Brand: In Boston (1990), London (1990), and the art "Ed Koch" sold to my mother in Florida (1991 and 1992), the signature is identical: Hastily cut edges. A fire doesn't leave clean blade marks. The Avian Obsession: From the Napoleon Eagle Finial (stolen from Gardner) to the Houghton White Duck to the Jane Peterson Snowy Egret (sold to Mary for $3), the Architect left a thematic bird-trail across his collection. The 18-Year Rembrandt Cycle: The gap between the 1972 Montreal Rembrandt (skylight entry) and the 1990 Gardner Rembrandt represents the "holding period" of a billionaire. He didn't want to sell them; he wanted to own them.
The Aftermath Trail (1991–2025)
Dec 21, 1990: Mary Robinson Koch (Frederick’s mother) passes away. Sept 24, 1991: Gardner suspect Robert Donati is murdered. Oct 7, 1991 (13 Days Later): A massive "suspicious" fire at the James Bourlet & Sons warehouse in London. They "burn" some type of evidence. Nov 1991: "Ed Koch" (Frederick R. Koch) appears at an Okeechobee flea market. He sells the "damaged" checklist to my mother, Mary, for mere dollars. 1992: In California, a woman named Teri Horton's finds a Pollock at a thrift store. Like my mother, she is denied authentication by the "System" despite a forensic fingerprint. This is Frederick's next attempt to make right in California—for the 1978 de Young heist. Then he returns it in 1999.
March 1992: Ed Koch's departure via theatrical hospital scene and obituary. April 20, 1992: Sotheby’s signs a contract with my mother for the Jane Peterson painting, proving the timeline of events. Sale was September 25, 1992. Didn't sell at auction, but had an aftersale private offer. My mother declined the offer. - Nov 2000: Charles Darwin's notebooks, including the famous "Tree of Life" sketch, were first discovered missing in January 2001 from Cambridge University Library, though they were last seen in November 2000 after being removed for photography, with the library concluding they were stolen around that time.
Feb 2002: I contact the Calder Foundation to submit the drawings, stating "Ed Koch, deceased" as the provenance from a flea market in Okeechobee in 1990 - though we later determined I was off by a year it was 1991 and 1992. I am sure Mr. Rower contacted the Koch brothers and they knew exactly what to say. They are the billionaires and get accusations against them all the time.
- Nov 2005: Anthony Amore is hired as the Director of Security and Chief Investigator, a position created specifically to recover the stolen art.
- July 2010: My mother gifts me the Calder drawings and asked me to help her try to figure out her story again. Asked me to put her story and the artwork on the internet. I created Looking-For-Ed-Koch.com.
- October 3, 2010: Frederick R. Koch is found and I change the domain for the website to TheArtworkStory.com
- 2011: I resubmit the drawings to the Calder Foundation. I have now found the note that states "Hokin Gallery" and "Mrs. Clifford the housekeeper." I have also discovered that "Ed Koch" is actually Frederick R. Koch.
- Feb 2012: I meet Robert Wittman at an event, and he has the Koch brothers (Charles, David, and William) there with him.
- April 2012: I had the paper tested, which confirmed it is from the correct time period. Erich Speckin
- June 2012: I solve the ISGM heist by connecting the "checklist" of art sold to my mother.
- March 18, 2013: Nine months after I handed the FBI the solution, they suddenly announced they had "solved" the case but wouldn't name the suspects. Two years later (2015), they claimed the thieves were dead. It was a convenient way to close the case—except the men I identified (Koch and Olsen) were still alive and well.
Aug 23, 2019: David Koch dies. He was the most public and politically shielded of the brothers. The Darwin Notebooks were stolen for David Koch in 2000. Feb 12, 2020: Frederick R. Koch dies. The primary architects are now off the board. Only two witnesses remain: William Koch and John Olsen. Oct 2020: Only after both brothers are deceased does Cambridge University finally "admit" the Darwin notebooks were stolen. For 20 years, they claimed the books were simply "misplaced"—waiting for a deathbed return that the Koch deaths finally triggered. I sent a tip and got confirmation see my youtube about it.
The Return: The "Happy Easter" note in a pink bag is the same "Theatricality" as the "Portrait of a Rabbi" returned in a box by a man in a wig. It proves they treat these returns as a game. Feb 2022: I begin writing Crime & Canvas (officially published October 2022). My goal is a public "audit" of the evidence the system has ignored for decades. - March 3, 2022: Anthony Amore—the man who failed to find the art for 17 years—announces his run for State Auditor of Massachusetts, a role defined by oversight and accountability.
- March 9, 2022: Just six days later, the Darwin notebooks are "theatrically returned" to Cambridge in a pink bag with a "Happy Easter" note.
May-July 2025: Launched CrimeAndCanvasPodcast.com May 28, 2025: Launched Change.org petition May 28, 2025: Heywood Jablomey from Mattapoisett, Ma signed Change.org peition. See the screenshot taken 2 days later. - Dec 1, 2025: A formal Legal Inquiry is sent for Breach of Fiduciary Duty. If the Board is suppressing evidence to protect a billionaire donor, the Trust is forfeited to Harvard.
The "Smoke" Signature (The 1990s Evolution)In the 70s, they used ropes and skylights. In the 80s, they sued their brothers for $1 billion. In the 90s, they switched to Smoke. Boston (March 1990): Smoke alarms used to confuse the guards. London (Sept 1990): Smoke bombs used to blind the CCTV cameras. London (Oct 1991): A warehouse fire used to erase the evidence.
They stopped trying to be acrobats and started being magicians—using smoke to hide their hands while they performed the trick. And their money to mask the truth.
If this was your trail, you would hire Gardner Security Director, Anthony Amore, to write the "cover up" story. You wouldn't hire him to solve the crime; you would hire him to cover up my mother’s "needle in the haystack" story.
If Anthony Amore is writing or speaking about a heist, it is likely because that is the specific crime he is being paid to 'speak' on.
But the haystack has been burned away by 32 years of truth, and the needle is now a forensic spear pointed directly at the Board
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Suzanne Kenney
Web Developer (Websites by Suzanne), Creator (Suzanne's eBoutique), Book Author (Crime & Canvas), Podcaster (Crime & Canvas Podcast), Investigative Reporter (UHV.news), Blogger, TheArtworkStory.com
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