Van Gogh’s Poppy Flower

Vincent Van Gogh painted a picture of red and yellow poppies in 1887. This picture is hugely known for getting stolen. This painting has been stolen twice. The first time in 1977, when it was robbed from a museum in Giza, Egypt and was recovered 10 years later. However, the second theft took place in 2010 and no clue has been found about the thief or its location.

Dagobert’s Scepter

The Scepter of Dagobert was regarded as a piece of the French Crown Jewel. The scepter is 22 inches of gold which was made for Dagobert I, king of Neustria, Austrasia and the Franks in the 7th century. This scepter was stolen in 1795 and is missing to date. It is missing for the past 224 years and there is no clue about its whereabouts.

Tucker’s Cross

It was named after the explorer who discovered it, Teddy Tucker. The Tucker Cross is an emerald decorated 22 karat gold cross. The cross resided with the Bermudan Government since 1959 and was displayed in a local museum. Just before the visit from Queen Elizabeth II in 1975, the cross was robbed from the museum and it was replaced with a fake one.

The Fenn Treasure

The most interesting fact about this treasure is that it is still up for grab.

Forest Fenn was an art dealer who was diagnosed with cancer and knowing the fact that he won’t be able to take his riches with him, he took some of it and hid so that it would benefit the ones who found it.

In 2010, Fenn buried almost a million dollar’s worth of things in the Rocky Mountain. Although 4 people have died trying to find the treasure, the owner insisted that they were very close to finding the treasure.

Amaro Pargo Treasure

In the 18th century, there was a pirate named Amaro Rodríguez Felipe y Tejera Machado popularly known as Amaro Pargo who in his will declared a treasure that he hid. According to his will, the treasure contains jewelry, precious stones, pearls, gold, silver, painting, fabric, and Chinese porcelain. But the location of the treasure remains a mystery.

Flor Do Mar

On 20th November 1511, Flor do Mar, a Portuguese ship which disappeared while it was claimed that it was carrying a treasure after a Malaysian conquest. The nobleman who was said to collect the treasure was thankfully saved but all the treasure that the ship was carrying sank on the coast of Sumatra and has not been seen by anyone to date.