Rembrandt sketch stolen

A DRAWING by Rembrandt, valued at $250,000 (€173,000), was stolen from a hotel in southern California in what investigators said was a well-planned heist.

The pen-and-ink drawing, believed to be called The Judgement, was snatched while a curator was distracted by a guest at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey, according to Los Angeles county sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Detectives believe the theft occurred during a 15-minute window starting at 10.20pm.