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The Saliera

The Saliera, a 16th-century masterpiece by Benvenuto Cellini, was made as a gift to France’s King Francis I. It’s a 10-inch gold sculpture designed to hold salt and pepper.

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Thieves stole the $57 million piece from the Vienna art museum in 2003 it would be a few more years until the police retrieved the Saliera.

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