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Salvador Dalí Etching Stolen From San Francisco Gallery In 'Snatch And Run'

Surveillance footage shows a young man casually walking away with the $20,000 work, one in a series that's seen as poking fun at both Pablo Picasso and the Spanish tradition of bullfighting.
The 1966 Salvador Dalí etching <em>Burning Giraffe</em>, valued at $20,000, was swiped from a San Francisco gallery on Sunday.

A thief walked into a San Francisco gallery on Sunday afternoon, plucked a rare Salvador Dalí from an easel in the front window, and strode out the door.

Rasjad Hopkins, associate director at Dennis Rae Fine

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