His Birth Certificate Was Also Found At The Scene

At the I. Brewster gallery in Center City earlier this month, a man came in, snatched a painting and fled on his bicycle.

Now cops are attempting to catch him with something he dropped: A receipt for an eBay auction.

I. Brewster employees traced the name on the receipt to another gallery, which the employee worked at and was fired from after being suspected of stealing pieces, according to KYW 1060. Cops are looking for whoever it is.

The painting was an $18,000 “Keith Haring screenprint of late German artist Joseph Beuys,” which is sort of like how I sold a photocopy of my NCAA Tournament bracket for 5 bucks. Anyway, a question: Don’t criminals make attempts to not be caught? Like making sure they don’t have any personal identifiable information on them? Or, even if they do, that it’s fairly secure?

Phila. Police Seek Art Thief Fingered by Ebay Receipt [KYW 1060]