BY THE NUMBERS

Record prices for paintings auctioned in the last 22 years:

$2.2 million--”Portrait of Titus,” Rembrandt van Rijn, 3/15/65.

$5.5 million--”Portrait of Juan de Pareja,” Diego Velazquez, 10/27/70.

$7 million--”Juliet and Her Nurse,” J.M.W. Turner, 5/29/80.

$10 million--”Seascape Folkstone,” J.M.W. Turner, 7/5/84.

$10.4 million--”Adoration of the Magi,” Andrea Mantegna, 4/18/85.

$11 million--”Mosnier Street With Road Workers,” Edouard Manet, 12/1/86.

$39.8 million--”Sunflowers,” Vincent van Gogh, 3/30/87.

(Source: Associated Press)

Major U.S. and foreign art thefts/number of objects in 1986:

Churches 164/380

Galleries 104/340

Museums 70/701

Private 192/950

Other 37/169

Unknown 105/216

Total 672/2,686

(Source: International Foundation for Art Research)