Pop Queens

Art thieves, loosely speaking, have blasted their way into a Dutch gallery and stolen some Andy Warhol manufactures. The pieces belong to a series of garishly retouched official photographs of female monarchs who were on the throne at the time of production, imaginatively titled Reigning Queens. Two items were damaged and left behind as the miscreants made their getaway, having apparently found themselves unable to fit the booty into their vehicle. The damage might be a more serious matter were it not for the fact that the pieces had already been signed and numbered by the artist, loosely speaking, thereby rendering them already less mass-produced and more individual.