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Nj\u00eb tregtar arti i nderuar n\u00eb Lond\u00ebr, Patrick Matthiesen, ndodhej n\u00eb zyr\u00ebn e galeris\u00eb s\u00eb tij n\u00eb katin e dyt\u00eb vitin e kaluar, i rrethuar nga pirgje librash mbi mjeshtrat e vjet\u00ebr, kur hapi nj\u00eb e-mail q\u00eb konfirmoi frik\u00ebn e tij m\u00eb t\u00eb madhe.<\/span><\/p>\n “Kjo do jet\u00eb e shkurt\u00ebr,”<\/em> fillonte e-maili i 4 marsit.<\/span><\/p>\n “G\u00ebnjeva…”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n D\u00ebrguesi ishte nj\u00eb amerikan q\u00eb Matthiesen e njihte si A.J. Doyle. P\u00ebrmes nj\u00eb korrespondence q\u00eb zgjati m\u00eb shum\u00eb se dy vjet, Doyle e kishte magjepsur tregtarin me rr\u00ebfime josh\u00ebse p\u00ebr jet\u00ebn e tij si ish-pilot luftarak i Marin\u00ebs, me lidhje n\u00eb mbar\u00eb bot\u00ebn e artit dhe kontroll mbi nj\u00eb pasuri familjare prej 2.5 miliard\u00eb dollar\u00ebsh.<\/span><\/p>\n Matthiesen, i cili \u00ebsht\u00eb 82 vje\u00e7, krijoi besim te njohja e tij e re aq sa e lejoi Doyle t\u00eb nd\u00ebrmjet\u00ebsonte shitjen e nj\u00eb pikture t\u00eb shekullit t\u00eb 19-t\u00eb t\u00eb Gustave Courbet, “N\u00ebna dhe f\u00ebmija n\u00eb nj\u00eb l\u00ebkund\u00ebse”<\/em>, t\u00eb cil\u00ebn tregtari i Londr\u00ebs ishte p\u00ebrpjekur ta shiste p\u00ebr 650,000 dollar\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n P\u00ebrmes manovrimit t\u00eb Doyle, piktura iu shit p\u00ebrfundimisht\u2026kujt do thoni ju\u2026legjend\u00ebs s\u00eb rock \u2019n\u2019 roll-it, Jon Landau, producentit dhe menaxherit prej koh\u00ebsh t\u00eb Bruce Springsteen, i cili renditet gjithashtu si nj\u00eb nga koleksionist\u00ebt kryesor\u00eb t\u00eb artit n\u00eb vend me nj\u00eb koleksion q\u00eb p\u00ebrfshin vepra nga Donatello, Tician dhe Tintoretto.<\/span><\/p>\n Por p\u00ebr muaj t\u00eb t\u00ebr\u00eb, Doyle kishte zvarritur d\u00ebrgimin e pjes\u00ebs q\u00eb i takonte Matthiesen-it nga shitja e Courbet. N\u00eb at\u00eb e-mail t\u00eb marsit, Doyle po e b\u00ebnte t\u00eb qart\u00eb se nuk kishte nd\u00ebrmend t\u00eb kalonte fitimet, n\u00eb fakt, ai planifikonte t\u00eb zhdukej.<\/span><\/p>\n “Pasi ta d\u00ebrgoj k\u00ebt\u00eb, do ta hedh telefonin n\u00eb nj\u00eb kosh mbeturinash, do t\u00eb hipi n\u00eb vark\u00eb dhe do t\u00eb drejtohem drejt jugut ku moti \u00ebsht\u00eb i ngroht\u00eb,”<\/em> shkroi ai n\u00eb mesazhin e rishikuar nga The Wall Street Journal.<\/span><\/p>\n Patrick Matthiesen duke mbajtur nj\u00eb lib\u00ebr q\u00eb ai ka prodhuar, i cili p\u00ebrshkruan vepr\u00ebn \u201cN\u00ebna dhe f\u00ebmija n\u00eb nj\u00eb hamak\u201d nga Gustave Courbet<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n N\u00eb e-mailin e tij, Doyle, 68 vje\u00e7, tha se ishte i r\u00ebnduar nga depresioni dhe alkoolizmi. Dhe duke p\u00ebrmendur ato q\u00eb ai i quajti “pamaturit\u00eb e kaluara”, ai la t\u00eb kuptohej se nuk ishte ai q\u00eb pretendonte t\u00eb ishte.<\/span><\/p>\n Tet\u00eb muaj m\u00eb von\u00eb, n\u00eb n\u00ebntor, prokuror\u00ebt amerikan\u00eb arrestuan Doyle dhe e akuzuan at\u00eb p\u00ebr mashtrim ndaj Matthiesen. Njoftimi p\u00ebr shtyp e quajti at\u00eb “mashtrues p\u00ebrs\u00ebrit\u00ebs”. Ai po mbahet n\u00eb burgun federal n\u00eb Bruklin dhe \u00ebsht\u00eb deklaruar i pafajsh\u00ebm.<\/span><\/p>\n Aktakuza e identifikon at\u00eb si Thomas Doyle, duke th\u00ebn\u00eb se ai p\u00ebrdorte gjithashtu pseudonimet A.J. dhe Austin Doyle. Rekorde t\u00eb tjera gjyq\u00ebsore tregojn\u00eb se Doyle n\u00eb koh\u00eb t\u00eb ndryshme ka operuar si Thomas O’Brien, Terry Kelly dhe Dennis Thomas. Avokati i caktuar nga gjykata p\u00ebr Doyle nuk iu p\u00ebrgjigj k\u00ebrkesave p\u00ebr koment.<\/span><\/p>\n N\u00eb nj\u00eb p\u00ebrplasje ligjore q\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb b\u00ebr\u00eb zhurma e qarkut nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtar t\u00eb artit, Matthiesen q\u00eb at\u00ebher\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb v\u00ebn\u00eb n\u00eb k\u00ebrkim t\u00eb rimarrjes s\u00eb kryevepr\u00ebs s\u00eb tij, e cila aktualisht varet n\u00eb dhom\u00ebn e ngr\u00ebnies s\u00eb Landau-t, rreth nj\u00eb or\u00eb n\u00eb veri t\u00eb qytetit t\u00eb Nju Jorkut.<\/span><\/p>\n Landau pagoi 125,000 dollar\u00eb, ose m\u00eb pak se nj\u00eb e kat\u00ebrta e asaj q\u00eb Matthiesen k\u00ebrkonte fillimisht, dhe tregtari pretendon n\u00eb padin\u00eb e tij se koleksionisti i sofistikuar duhet ta dinte se oferta ishte shum\u00eb e mir\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb qen\u00eb e v\u00ebrtet\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n Landau thot\u00eb se e bleu Courbet-in rregullisht vitin e kaluar nga nj\u00eb tregtare me reputacion n\u00eb Nju Jork, avokati i s\u00eb cil\u00ebs thot\u00eb se ajo ishte e autorizuar ligj\u00ebrisht p\u00ebr ta rishitur vepr\u00ebn.<\/span><\/p>\n Edhe pse asnj\u00ebri nuk e takoi kurr\u00eb Doyle-in personalisht, t\u00eb dy burrat jan\u00eb shtesat e fundit n\u00eb “galerin\u00eb” e Doyle me viktima t\u00eb larg\u00ebta. \u00cbsht\u00eb nj\u00eb koleksion q\u00eb shtrihet nga Kansas n\u00eb Tennessee e deri n\u00eb Nju Jork, me b\u00ebma q\u00eb vet\u00ebm sa jan\u00eb b\u00ebr\u00eb m\u00eb t\u00eb guximshme gjat\u00eb kat\u00ebr dekadave. Si\u00e7 m\u00ebsuan ata, \u00e7\u00ebshtja Courbet nuk ishte hera e par\u00eb q\u00eb ky person i pash\u00ebm ia doli t\u00eb mashtronte bler\u00ebsit e aft\u00eb t\u00eb artit.<\/span><\/p>\n Bruce Springsteen dhe menaxheri i tij Jon Landau duke ndjekur nj\u00eb shfaqje t\u00eb filmit \u2018Deliver Me from Nowhere\u2019 gjat\u00eb Festivalit t\u00eb Filmit n\u00eb Nju Jork vitin e kaluar<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n \u201c\u00cbndrra e \u00e7do vajze\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I lindur n\u00eb Kansas n\u00eb vitin 1957, Doyle kishte regjistruar tre d\u00ebnime p\u00ebr vjedhje q\u00eb n\u00eb fillim t\u00eb t\u00eb 20-ave t\u00eb tij. T\u00eb dh\u00ebnat kriminale t\u00eb zbuluara vite m\u00eb par\u00eb nga Kansas City Star tregojn\u00eb se ai dikur vodhi nj\u00eb pallto g\u00ebzofi dhe nj\u00eb her\u00eb tjet\u00ebr u hoq si agjent i Sh\u00ebrbimit Sekret. N\u00eb fillim t\u00eb viteve 1990, FBI e lidhi at\u00eb me inventar\u00eb t\u00eb vlefsh\u00ebm arti t\u00eb njohur si \u201ccatalogue raisonn\u00e9s\u201d q\u00eb ishin vjedhur nga bibliotekat e Midwest-it. Disa u gjet\u00ebn m\u00eb von\u00eb t\u00eb rilidhur me numrat e tyre serial\u00eb t\u00eb fshir\u00eb, duke e b\u00ebr\u00eb m\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebshtir\u00eb gjurmimin e origjin\u00ebs s\u00eb tyre.<\/span><\/p>\n N\u00eb vitin 1993, Doyle dhe n\u00ebna e tij, Joann Doyle, u padit\u00ebn s\u00eb bashku n\u00eb Kansas p\u00ebr transportimin e pron\u00ebs s\u00eb vjedhur p\u00ebrtej kufijve shtet\u00ebror\u00eb. Doyle p\u00ebrfundimisht rr\u00ebfeu se kishte fituar m\u00eb shum\u00eb se 45,000 dollar\u00eb nga shitja e librave t\u00eb vjedhur. Ai u d\u00ebnua me 30 muaj burg.<\/span><\/p>\n Agjenti i FBI-s\u00eb, Ron Elder, tani n\u00eb pension, po punonte p\u00ebr \u00e7\u00ebshtjen n\u00eb Topeka, Kan., dhe tha se i lokalizoi Doyle-\u00ebt me ndihm\u00ebn e nj\u00eb ish-t\u00eb dashure t\u00eb tradhtuar. Elder kujtoi se Thomas Doyle ishte i gjat\u00eb, biond dhe simpatik.<\/span><\/p>\n “\u00cbndrra e \u00e7do vajze,”<\/em> tha ai.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Portreti i nj\u00eb vajze’ nga Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Ish-t\u00eb dashurat e l\u00ebnduara do ktheheshin nj\u00eb tem\u00eb e r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme n\u00eb jet\u00ebn e Doyle. Nj\u00eb m\u00ebsuese n\u00eb Kansas q\u00eb u martua me Doyle u tha miqve se mendonte se ai ishte nj\u00eb bankier investimesh. Ajo m\u00eb von\u00eb humbi 35,000 dollar\u00eb prej tij, raportoi Star, duke cituar t\u00eb dh\u00ebnat e divorcit. Nj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr e dashur humbi nj\u00eb investim arti prej 20,000 dollar\u00ebsh te Doyle.<\/span><\/p>\n Doyle kaloi n\u00eb mashtrimin e njer\u00ebzve t\u00eb klas\u00ebs pun\u00ebtore n\u00eb bizhuteri dhe ar, dhe dikur mbajti 2,500 dollar\u00eb q\u00eb i premtoi nj\u00eb burri n\u00eb Kansas se do t’i p\u00ebrdorte p\u00ebr t\u00eb bler\u00eb nj\u00eb violin\u00eb koleksioni. Ato viktima i than\u00eb Journal se Doyle vinte n\u00eb sht\u00ebpit\u00eb e tyre dhe kalonte koh\u00eb me familjet e tyre, duke krijuar lidhje me durim, me njohuri t\u00eb thella p\u00ebr bizhuterit\u00eb dhe instrumentet muzikore.<\/span><\/p>\n Ai nuk ishte kurr\u00eb i bezdissh\u00ebm, than\u00eb ata, duke shpjeguar vite m\u00eb von\u00eb se si e ul\u00ebn vigjilenc\u00ebn. Ata nuk i pan\u00eb m\u00eb kurr\u00eb sendet e tyre me vler\u00eb apo parat\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n N\u00eb korrik 2006, prokuror\u00ebt e Manhattan-it akuzuan Doyle p\u00ebr vjedhjen e nj\u00eb skulpture bronzi t\u00eb nj\u00eb k\u00ebrcimtareje nudo nga impresionisti francez Edgar Degas, me vler\u00eb 600,000 dollar\u00eb. Pa lejen e pronarit, Doyle e kishte shitur fshehurazi skulptur\u00ebn p\u00ebr 225,000 dollar\u00eb te nj\u00eb tregtar antikash. M\u00eb pas ajo u rishit p\u00ebrmes nj\u00eb galerie n\u00eb Manhattan te nj\u00eb bler\u00ebs n\u00eb Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n Vendndodhja e Degas mbeti mister, por rasti sugjeron se Doyle po m\u00ebsonte si t\u00eb futej n\u00eb qendr\u00ebn elitare t\u00eb bot\u00ebs s\u00eb artit, jo vet\u00ebm n\u00eb skajet e saj. Pronari i skulptur\u00ebs ishte Norman J. Alexander, nj\u00eb ish-ekzekutiv tekstilesh i vetmuar q\u00eb jetonte n\u00eb Manhattan. Alexander, i cili vdiq n\u00eb vitin 2011, kishte grumbulluar thesare arti t\u00eb vlefshme n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij pes\u00ebkat\u00ebshe n\u00eb Upper East Side.<\/span><\/p>\n Thomas Doyle pas arrestimit t\u00eb tij n\u00eb vitin 2010 p\u00ebr mashtrimin e nj\u00eb investitori nga piktura<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Doyle e takoi at\u00eb pasi pretendoi se ishte pasardh\u00ebs i tregtarit t\u00eb famsh\u00ebm t\u00eb artit Joseph Duveen, i cili u shiste kryevepra industrialist\u00ebve amerikan\u00eb n\u00eb vitet 1920 dhe ’30. Gary Lerner, nj\u00eb avokat q\u00eb p\u00ebrfaq\u00ebsonte Alexander, thot\u00eb se koleksionisti e priti Doyle n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij shum\u00eb her\u00eb. Ata biseduan p\u00ebr or\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00ebra rreth artit.<\/span><\/p>\n “Z. Alexander i p\u00eblqente shoq\u00ebria e tij,”<\/em> thot\u00eb Lerner.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ai ishte i vetmuar. Ai nisi at\u00eb q\u00eb mendonte se ishte nj\u00eb miq\u00ebsi me djalin.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n B\u00ebma e radh\u00ebs e njohur e Doyle n\u00eb vitin 2010 mori edhe m\u00eb shum\u00eb v\u00ebmendje kur ai u akuzua p\u00ebr bindjen e nj\u00eb investitori privat p\u00ebr t\u00eb dor\u00ebzuar 880,000 dollar\u00eb p\u00ebr nj\u00eb pjes\u00eb prej 80% n\u00eb nj\u00eb marr\u00ebveshje prej 1.1 milion\u00eb dollar\u00ebsh p\u00ebr t\u00eb bler\u00eb nj\u00eb piktur\u00eb nga Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, “Portreti i nj\u00eb vajze”.<\/span><\/p>\n N\u00eb vend t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj, Doyle negocioi fshehurazi me nj\u00eb bler\u00ebs tjet\u00ebr p\u00ebr ta shitur p\u00ebr 775,000 dollar\u00eb p\u00ebr pron\u00ebsi t\u00eb plot\u00eb, duke i siguruar vetes nj\u00eb fitim prej 105,000 dollar\u00ebsh, than\u00eb prokuror\u00ebt. Doyle p\u00ebrdori nj\u00eb pjes\u00eb t\u00eb fitimit t\u00eb tij p\u00ebr t\u00eb bler\u00eb nj\u00eb Ferrari kuqe kabriolet Mondial T Cabriolet.<\/span><\/p>\n Policia m\u00eb von\u00eb sekuestroi Ferrarin dhe tabloidet e Nju Jorkut u hodh\u00ebn mbi historin\u00eb pjes\u00ebrisht p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb nj\u00eb incidenti qesharak. Doyle ia kishte besuar p\u00ebr pak koh\u00eb Corot-in nj\u00eb prej ish-shok\u00ebve t\u00eb tij t\u00eb qelis\u00eb, i cili arriti ta linte piktur\u00ebn pas disa shkurreve jasht\u00eb nj\u00eb nd\u00ebrtese apartamentesh n\u00eb Upper East Side n\u00eb Nju Jork gjat\u00eb nj\u00eb nate ku kishin pir\u00eb shum\u00eb pije.<\/span><\/p>\n “E mahnitshme! Budallai humbet piktur\u00ebn miliona dollar\u00ebshe pas nj\u00eb nate n\u00eb qytet,”<\/em> deklaroi New York Post. Nj\u00eb punonj\u00ebs n\u00eb nd\u00ebrtes\u00eb e gjeti m\u00eb von\u00eb piktur\u00ebn n\u00eb shkurre dhe njoftoi policin\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n Jim Wynne, nj\u00eb ish-agjent i FBI-s\u00eb q\u00eb punoi n\u00eb at\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje, vuri re nj\u00eb model q\u00eb po shfaqej n\u00eb krimet e Doyle: Mashtrimi me d\u00ebrgesat. Specialiteti i Doyle ishte t’i bindte shit\u00ebsit ta linin t\u00eb nd\u00ebrmjet\u00ebsonte marr\u00ebveshjet e artit, vet\u00ebm se ai nuk u paguante m\u00eb von\u00eb shit\u00ebsve t\u00eb tij \u00e7mimin e plot\u00eb t\u00eb shitjes, ose asgj\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ai nuk po drejton nj\u00eb punishte q\u00eb krijon piktura false apo nj\u00eb skem\u00eb Ponzi,”<\/em> thot\u00eb Wynne.<\/span><\/p>\n “Praktika e Doyle \u00ebsht\u00eb transaksionale.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Nj\u00eb skulptur\u00eb nga Edgar Degas p\u00ebr t\u00eb cil\u00ebn n\u00eb vitin 2006 Doyle u akuzua p\u00ebr vjedhje<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Por Wynne mendonte se kishte d\u00ebgjuar p\u00ebr her\u00eb t\u00eb fundit p\u00ebr Doyle pas pjes\u00ebmarrjes n\u00eb d\u00ebnimin e tij n\u00eb vitin 2011 p\u00ebr vjedhjen e vepr\u00ebs s\u00eb Corot. Gjykat\u00ebsi i gjykat\u00ebs federale t\u00eb rrethit t\u00eb Nju Jorkut i dha Doyle nj\u00eb kritik\u00eb t\u00eb ashp\u00ebr dhe e d\u00ebnoi me gjasht\u00eb vjet burg, dyfishin e koh\u00ebs s\u00eb parashikuar n\u00eb marr\u00ebveshjen e tij p\u00ebr pranimin e faj\u00ebsis\u00eb, duke cituar rekordin e tij q\u00eb p\u00ebrfshinte 11 d\u00ebnime.<\/span><\/p>\n “Shoq\u00ebria duhet t\u00eb mbrohet nga ju. Ju jeni nj\u00eb grabitqar,”<\/em> i tha gjykat\u00ebsi Doyle.<\/span><\/p>\n Ndryshe nga hajdut\u00ebt q\u00eb mbajn\u00eb arm\u00eb n\u00eb muze ose p\u00ebrdorin s\u00ebpata p\u00ebr vjedhje me thyerje, mashtruesit e bot\u00ebs s\u00eb artit rrall\u00eb b\u00ebhen t\u00eb dhunsh\u00ebm, k\u00ebshtu q\u00eb d\u00ebnimet e tyre me burg shpesh shkurtohen.<\/span><\/p>\n “\u00cbsht\u00eb n\u00eb thelb nj\u00eb krim financiar, dhe \u00e7do gj\u00eb n\u00ebn 1 milion dollar\u00eb zakonisht \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje me kusht p\u00ebr sa i p\u00ebrket koh\u00ebs s\u00eb burgut,”<\/em> thot\u00eb Robert Wittman, i cili m\u00eb par\u00eb sh\u00ebrbeu n\u00eb ekipin e specializuar t\u00eb FBI-s\u00eb p\u00ebr Krimet e Artit.<\/span><\/p>\n “P\u00ebr kriminelin, pothuajse ia vlen.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Rreth tre vjet pas fillimit t\u00eb d\u00ebnimit me burg t\u00eb Doyle p\u00ebr mashtrimin me Corot, ai ishte p\u00ebrs\u00ebri nj\u00eb njeri i lir\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJam rritur n\u00eb biznesin e artit\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Matthiesen nuk dukej si nj\u00eb pre e leht\u00eb. Ai lindi n\u00eb bot\u00ebn e mbyllur t\u00eb artit si djali i nj\u00eb tregtari arti hebre gjerman, i cili u largua nga Berlini n\u00eb vitet 1930 dhe rifilloi biznesin e tij n\u00eb Lond\u00ebr. Matthiesen i ri u rrit i rrethuar nga inventari i shk\u00eblqyer i babait t\u00eb tij dhe vijoi studimet p\u00ebr konservimin e artit dhe iu bashkua nj\u00eb galerie t\u00eb madhe, Colnaghi, p\u00ebrpara se t\u00eb hapte t\u00eb tij\u00ebn n\u00eb 1978.<\/span><\/p>\n Sot, galeria e tij me t\u00eb nj\u00ebjtin em\u00ebr ndodhet n\u00eb nj\u00eb lagje t\u00eb Londr\u00ebs t\u00eb mbushur me dyqane librash t\u00eb rrall\u00eb, rrobaqep\u00ebs t\u00eb nivelit t\u00eb lart\u00eb dhe sht\u00ebpi ankandi si Sotheby\u2019s dhe Christie\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n Doyle i b\u00ebri detyrat e tij t\u00eb sht\u00ebpis\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n “Emri im \u00ebsht\u00eb Austin Doyle. Si ju, edhe un\u00eb jam rritur n\u00eb biznesin e artit,”<\/em> i shkroi ai Matthiesen n\u00eb nj\u00eb e-mail prezantues n\u00eb mes t\u00eb dhjetorit 2022. Ai tha se blinte dhe shiste art.<\/span><\/p>\n “P\u00ebr momentin jam n\u00eb Ukrain\u00eb si konsulent i Qeveris\u00eb s\u00eb SHBA-s\u00eb,”<\/em> shtoi Doyle, duke shpjeguar pse mund t\u00eb ishte e pamundur t\u00eb \u00a0kontaktohej me telefon.<\/span><\/p>\n Matthiesen u p\u00ebrgjigj ngroht\u00ebsisht.<\/span><\/p>\n “Sa emocionuese t\u00eb jesh n\u00eb Ukrain\u00eb,”<\/em> i shkroi ai mbrapsht. “Un\u00eb jam nj\u00eb mb\u00ebshtet\u00ebs i madh.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Gjat\u00eb dy viteve t\u00eb ardhshme, Doyle i d\u00ebrgoi Matthiesen nj\u00eb lum\u00eb e-mailesh dhe mesazhesh. Doyle i referohej t\u00eb kaluar\u00ebs s\u00eb tij si pilot luftarak F18 n\u00eb Marin\u00eb. Kur nuk ishte n\u00eb Ukrain\u00eb, ai mund t\u00eb ishte n\u00eb Afrik\u00eb ku kishte mbulim t\u00eb dob\u00ebt celulari. Doyle e portretizoi veten si nj\u00eb njeri q\u00eb ndihej rehat me parat\u00eb dhe bot\u00ebn e rrall\u00eb t\u00eb artit t\u00eb nivelit t\u00eb lart\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n “Un\u00eb menaxhoj trustin e familjes sime,”<\/em> i shkroi ai Matthiesen.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ne blejm\u00eb dhe shesim art. Kam rreth 15 kush\u00ebrinj t\u00eb kot\u00eb q\u00eb p\u00ebrpiqen \u00e7do vit t\u00eb shp\u00ebrb\u00ebjn\u00eb trustin. N\u00eb at\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb ata mund t\u00eb marrin pjes\u00ebn e tyre prej p\u00ebraf\u00ebrsisht 2.5 miliard\u00eb dollar\u00ebsh.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Matthiesen n\u00eb galerin\u00eb e tij n\u00eb Lond\u00ebr<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Matthiesen thot\u00eb se kishte arsye t\u00eb shihte sinqeritet n\u00eb motivet e Doyle, ve\u00e7an\u00ebrisht pasi Doyle i d\u00ebrgoi galeris\u00eb s\u00eb tij nj\u00eb vizatim n\u00eb vitin 2023, pronari i t\u00eb cilit tha se besonte se ishte nga Michelangelo. Matthiesen dyshonte se asistenti i Michelangelo-s, Daniele da Volterra, ka gjasa ta kishte b\u00ebr\u00eb vizatimin n\u00eb vend t\u00eb tij, dhe u konsultua me ekspert\u00eb q\u00eb ran\u00eb dakord. Sidoqoft\u00eb, vizatimi e b\u00ebri p\u00ebrshtypje tregtarin veteran. Edhe nj\u00eb vep\u00ebr nga ndihm\u00ebsi i famsh\u00ebm i Michelangelo-s ishte nj\u00eb gjetje e vlefshme.<\/span><\/p>\n “P\u00ebr mua kjo ishte prova vendimtare,”<\/em> tha Matthiesen m\u00eb von\u00eb n\u00eb nj\u00eb intervist\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n “Sepse k\u00ebtu ishte nj\u00eb njeri q\u00eb qartazi, edhe nj\u00eb her\u00eb, kishte qasje n\u00eb vepra t\u00eb v\u00ebrteta arti.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Pronari i vizatimit, nj\u00eb tregtar nga Nju Jorku, m\u00eb von\u00eb i tha Journal se kishte udh\u00ebtuar me vizatimin n\u00eb Lond\u00ebr p\u00ebr t’u par\u00eb nga nj\u00eb ekspert i njohur britanik dhe nj\u00eb bler\u00ebs i mundsh\u00ebm rus. P\u00ebrmes nj\u00eb s\u00ebr\u00eb mashtrimesh, nj\u00eb bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtor i Doyle e devijoi at\u00eb te Matthiesen n\u00eb vend t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj, pa e marr\u00eb vesh eksperti i synuar.<\/span><\/p>\n Matthiesen nuk e bleu vizatimin, por terreni ishte p\u00ebrgatitur. Matthiesen do ndihej mjaftuesh\u00ebm komod sa ta linte Doyle-in t\u00eb p\u00ebrfshihej n\u00eb nj\u00eb marr\u00ebveshje t\u00eb tij t\u00eb mundshme – piktur\u00ebn Courbet, t\u00eb cil\u00ebn ai e kishte bler\u00eb n\u00eb Franc\u00eb p\u00ebr rreth 112,000 dollar\u00eb n\u00eb gusht 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n Matthiesen m\u00eb pas e kishte restauruar dhe autentifikuar at\u00eb, nj\u00eb p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsim q\u00eb zakonisht do rriste vler\u00ebn e saj. N\u00eb vitin 2017 dhe p\u00ebrs\u00ebri n\u00eb 2023, ai e d\u00ebrgoi at\u00eb n\u00eb panairin m\u00eb t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00ebsish\u00ebm n\u00eb bot\u00eb p\u00ebr mjeshtrat e vjet\u00ebr, Panairin e Arteve t\u00eb Bukura Evropiane n\u00eb Mastriht, k\u00ebt\u00eb t\u00eb fundit me nj\u00eb \u00e7mim ekuivalent me 701,500 dollar\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n Gjat\u00eb panairit t\u00eb vitit 2023, Landau ishte nd\u00ebr koleksionist\u00ebt q\u00eb ndaluan p\u00ebr t\u00eb par\u00eb vepr\u00ebn, por nuk b\u00ebri ofert\u00eb. Ai m\u00eb von\u00eb e pa at\u00eb p\u00ebrs\u00ebri kur ishte e ekspozuar n\u00eb nj\u00eb galeri n\u00eb Nju Jork, dhe p\u00ebrs\u00ebri nuk e bleu. Deri n\u00eb korrik 2024, vepra mbeti e pashitur, nj\u00eb skenar q\u00eb mund t\u00eb zbehte m\u00eb tej t\u00ebrheqjen e nj\u00eb vepre sepse koleksionist\u00ebt priren t\u00eb hidhen m\u00eb leht\u00eb mbi gjetjet e reja n\u00eb treg krahasuar me veprat q\u00eb i konsiderojn\u00eb si t\u00eb “sh\u00ebtitura” shum\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n P\u00ebr muaj t\u00eb t\u00ebr\u00eb, Doyle u p\u00ebrpoq t’i shiste vepra t\u00eb ndryshme Matthiesen-it, pa sukses. Matthiesen thot\u00eb se zakonisht do kishte b\u00ebr\u00eb nj\u00eb k\u00ebrkim t\u00eb thell\u00eb mbi sfondin e tij p\u00ebrpara se t\u00eb blinte di\u00e7ka nga nj\u00eb njohje p\u00ebrmes e-mailit. Por ai u intrigua kur Doyle propozoi rast\u00ebsisht t\u00eb ndihmonte Matthiesen t\u00eb gjente nj\u00eb bler\u00ebs p\u00ebr Courbet. Matthiesen pyeti v\u00ebrdall\u00eb p\u00ebr A.J. Doyle dhe nuk d\u00ebgjoi asgj\u00eb shqet\u00ebsuese.<\/span><\/p>\n Shpejt pas k\u00ebsaj, Doyle i tha Matthiesen se gjeti nj\u00eb person t\u00eb quajtur Chris t\u00eb gatsh\u00ebm p\u00ebr t\u00eb bler\u00eb piktur\u00ebn Courbet p\u00ebr 550,000 dollar\u00eb. Gjith\u00e7ka q\u00eb “Chris” duhej t\u00eb b\u00ebnte ishte t\u00eb p\u00ebrfundonte nj\u00eb marr\u00ebveshje t\u00eb madhe pasurish t\u00eb paluajtshme dhe m\u00eb pas do d\u00ebrgonte parat\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n Piktura e Courbet e Patrick Matthiesen iu shfaq bler\u00ebsve potencial\u00eb, p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb Jon Landau, n\u00eb Panairin Evropian t\u00eb Arteve t\u00eb Bukura n\u00eb vitin 2023. Sip\u00ebr, nj\u00eb vizitor duke shfletuar nj\u00eb galeri n\u00eb panair at\u00eb vit<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Nd\u00ebrsa muajt kalonin, marr\u00ebveshja e supozuar e pasurive t\u00eb paluajtshme u zvarrit dhe Matthiesen ndaloi s\u00eb d\u00ebgjuari nga Doyle. N\u00eb vend t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj, p\u00ebrdit\u00ebsimet e Doyle filluan t\u00eb vinin nga dikush q\u00eb pretendonte se ishte asistentja e tij, e cila prezantohej si Michelle. Ajo ofronte justifikime q\u00eb gjithnj\u00eb e m\u00eb shum\u00eb e acaronin Matthiesen-in. N\u00eb nj\u00eb moment, ajo i tha atij se Doyle ishte i paarritsh\u00ebm sepse ishte me detyr\u00eb n\u00eb Afrik\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n Pastaj n\u00eb vjesht\u00ebn e vitit 2024, nj\u00eb koleg i Matthiesen d\u00ebgjoi p\u00ebrmes nj\u00eb kontakti n\u00eb Sotheby\u2019s n\u00eb Nju Jork se Landau po u tregonte miqve Courbet-in e tij t\u00eb ri si shtes\u00ebn m\u00eb t\u00eb fundit n\u00eb koleksionin e tij. I habitur, Matthiesen i d\u00ebrgoi e-mail Doyle, i cili i shkroi mbrapsht se po, n\u00eb fakt, Landau dhe “Chris” e kishin bler\u00eb piktur\u00ebn s\u00eb bashku. Doyle premtoi t\u00eb d\u00ebrgonte parat\u00eb sa m\u00eb shpejt t\u00eb jet\u00eb e mundur.<\/span><\/p>\n Ai nuk i tha Matthiesen-it se Landau kishte paguar vet\u00ebm 125,000 dollar\u00eb p\u00ebr vepr\u00ebn p\u00ebrpara tarifave dhe kornizimit, ose rreth 147,000 dollar\u00eb gjithsej. Doyle gjithashtu nuk i d\u00ebrgoi kurr\u00eb Matthiesen-it asnj\u00eb qindark\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI tronditur\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Landau, i cili filloi t\u00eb vizitonte muzet\u00eb evropian\u00eb dhe t\u00eb mblidhte art gjat\u00eb turneve epike t\u00eb Springsteen n\u00eb vitet 1980 dhe 1990, nuk u bashkua kurr\u00eb me nj\u00eb “Chris”. N\u00eb vend t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj, ai thot\u00eb se mori nj\u00eb telefonat\u00eb rreth nj\u00eb Courbet ver\u00ebn e kaluar nga nj\u00eb tregtare e Nju Jorkut, Jill Newhouse, e cila i kishte shitur disa piktura gjat\u00eb viteve. Newhouse i ishte th\u00ebn\u00eb nga nj\u00eb bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtor i Doyle se ajo vinte nga nj\u00eb koleksionist i pazbuluar n\u00eb Connecticut. Ajo i d\u00ebrgoi nj\u00eb pamje me e-mail Landau-t, i cili e telefonoi menj\u00ebher\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n “M\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb ofruar kjo piktur\u00eb gjat\u00eb dekad\u00ebs s\u00eb fundit dhe nuk kam asnj\u00eb interes,”<\/em> i tha Landau asaj. Newhouse sugjeroi q\u00eb ai t\u00eb b\u00ebnte nj\u00eb ofert\u00eb. Ai ndjeu er\u00ebn e nj\u00eb marr\u00ebveshjeje potencialisht t\u00eb mir\u00eb. “Nj\u00eb qind e nj\u00ebzet e pes\u00eb,”<\/em> i tha Landau asaj. Ai priste disa negociata, por Newhouse e telefonoi p\u00ebrs\u00ebri dhe i tha se shit\u00ebsit kishin pranuar.<\/span><\/p>\n “Jam i tronditur,”<\/em> i tha Landau asaj.<\/span><\/p>\n Me p\u00ebrmasat e nj\u00eb kopertine reviste, “L\u00ebkund\u00ebsja” \u00ebsht\u00eb vet\u00ebm nj\u00eb nga 18 veprat e Courbet q\u00eb Landau ka bler\u00eb gjat\u00eb viteve, dhe nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb aspak shembulli m\u00eb i shtrenjt\u00eb apo m\u00eb i r\u00ebnd\u00ebsish\u00ebm. Megjithat\u00eb, ai tha se vepra q\u00eb paraqet nj\u00eb grua t\u00eb re duke u \u00e7lodhur me nj\u00eb foshnj\u00eb t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtetur n\u00eb preh\u00ebrin e saj i jep “nj\u00eb drith\u00ebrim\u00eb t\u00eb vog\u00ebl” sa her\u00eb q\u00eb e shikon.<\/span><\/p>\n Patrick Matthiesen, e ekspozuar n\u00eb galerin\u00eb e tij n\u00eb Lond\u00ebr, thot\u00eb se Landau dhe t\u00eb tjer\u00ebt duhet t\u00eb ken\u00eb dyshuar se di\u00e7ka ishte e dyshimt\u00eb me shitjen e vepr\u00ebs s\u00eb Courbet<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Avokati i Landaut thot\u00eb se koleksionisti nuk e dinte se tregtar\u00ebt e p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb p\u00ebrfshinin Doyle dhe bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtorin e tij, Shalva Sarukhanishvili, i cili gjithashtu kishte ndihmuar n\u00eb organizimin e shfaqjes s\u00eb vizatimit t\u00eb supozuar t\u00eb Michelangelo-s n\u00eb Lond\u00ebr n\u00eb vitin 2023. Avokatja e Newhouse, Amelia Brankov, thot\u00eb se tregtarja kreu kontrolle p\u00ebr t’u siguruar q\u00eb vepra nuk ishte raportuar e vjedhur dhe thot\u00eb se \u00e7do ankes\u00eb q\u00eb Matthiesen ka, duhet t\u00eb jet\u00eb me Doyle.<\/span><\/p>\n Avokati i Sarukhanishvili thot\u00eb gjithashtu se klienti i tij u mashtrua nga Doyle. Ai tha se Sarukhanishvili \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb tregtar arti q\u00eb ka punuar me Doyle n\u00eb t\u00eb kaluar\u00ebn dhe “gjithmon\u00eb i ka kuptuar marr\u00ebveshjet e tyre si legjitime”.<\/span><\/p>\n Sipas Matthiesen dhe avokatit t\u00eb tij, Steven Schindler, \u00e7mimi tejet i lir\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb pik\u00ebrisht arsyeja pse Newhouse dhe Landau duhet t\u00eb kishin dyshuar se di\u00e7ka nuk shkonte dhe t\u00eb kishin b\u00ebr\u00eb m\u00eb shum\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb kontrolluar historin\u00eb e saj t\u00eb rreme. Avokati i Landau, Jonathan Kraut, tha se “sugjerimi i Matthiesen se z. Landau d\u00ebshtoi t\u00eb ushtronte kujdesin e duhur n\u00eb blerjen e nj\u00eb pikture nga nj\u00eb tregtar arti i njohur dhe i respektuar \u00ebsht\u00eb absurd”. Ai shtoi se barra i takonte Matthiesen-it p\u00ebr t\u00eb kontrolluar kredencialet e Doyle dhe tha se Landau pagoi nj\u00eb \u00e7mim t\u00eb drejt\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb n\u00eb mes t\u00eb nj\u00eb r\u00ebnieje t\u00eb tregut.<\/span><\/p>\n Jane Levine, nj\u00eb avokate arti dhe partnere menaxhuese n\u00eb ArtRisk Group me baz\u00eb n\u00eb Nju Jork, thot\u00eb se \u00e7\u00ebshtja mund t\u00eb varet p\u00ebrfundimisht nga lloji i kontrat\u00ebs ose marr\u00ebveshjes s\u00eb d\u00ebrges\u00ebs q\u00eb Matthiesen n\u00ebnshkroi me Doyle p\u00ebr t\u00eb vepruar si agjent i tij. Matthiesen, n\u00eb padin\u00eb e tij, thot\u00eb se Doyle e b\u00ebri at\u00eb t\u00eb l\u00ebshonte nj\u00eb fatur\u00eb p\u00ebr 550,000 dollar\u00eb bazuar n\u00eb g\u00ebnjeshtra.<\/span><\/p>\n Wittman, ish-agjenti i FBI-s\u00eb, thot\u00eb se pret q\u00eb njer\u00ebzit e bot\u00ebs s\u00eb artit t\u00eb mbeten t\u00eb gozhduar pas k\u00ebsaj \u00e7\u00ebshtjeje nd\u00ebrsa ajo kalon n\u00ebp\u00ebr gjykata, sepse si Matthiesen ashtu edhe Landau duket se kan\u00eb pretendime t\u00eb arsyeshme mbi Courbet.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ne t\u00eb gjith\u00eb duam nj\u00eb marr\u00ebveshje t\u00eb mir\u00eb,”<\/em> thot\u00eb Wittman.<\/span><\/p>\n “Kjo \u00ebsht\u00eb arsyeja pse njer\u00ebzit blejn\u00eb piktura false ose i blejn\u00eb ato lir\u00eb… \u00cbsht\u00eb gjuetia p\u00ebr thesar.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Sa i p\u00ebrket Doyle, pasuria familjare prej miliarda dollar\u00ebsh nuk ekziston, thon\u00eb prokuror\u00ebt. Marina e SHBA-s\u00eb dhe mbajt\u00ebsit e tjer\u00eb t\u00eb rekordeve ushtarake nuk kan\u00eb asnj\u00eb rekord q\u00eb Doyle t\u00eb ket\u00eb sh\u00ebrbyer. Gjat\u00eb koh\u00ebs q\u00eb asistentja e supozuar e Doyle, “Michelle”, po i d\u00ebrgonte e-mail Matthiesen-it se Doyle nuk mund t\u00eb arrihej n\u00eb udh\u00ebtimet e tij t\u00eb larg\u00ebta, Doyle nuk u largua kurr\u00eb nga SHBA, thot\u00eb qeveria.<\/span><\/p>\n N\u00eb at\u00eb dit\u00eb fatale n\u00eb mars, kur ai i d\u00ebrgoi Matthiesen at\u00eb e-mail rr\u00ebfyes, Doyle sugjeroi fort se akti i tij i zhdukjes do ishte final. Ai planifikonte t\u00eb “ndizte grupin Moody Blues, t\u00eb hapte nj\u00eb shishe burbon dhe t\u00eb q\u00ebllonte veten me \u201cDesert Eagle\u201d” shkroi ai, duke iu referuar nj\u00eb pistolete gjysm\u00eb automatike t\u00eb p\u00ebrdorur gjat\u00eb nga ushtria amerikane.<\/span><\/p>\n N\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb, ai u arrestua n\u00eb Connecticut, ku kishte jetuar p\u00ebr jav\u00eb t\u00eb t\u00ebra n\u00eb makin\u00ebn e tij n\u00eb parkimin e nj\u00eb hoteli.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pikautra-2.png\")
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