Picasso etchings stolen from Fla. art gallery

updated 1:39 p.m. ET May 22, 2008

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach.

Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday. Palm Beach police spokeswoman Janet Kinsella says a glass back door had been smashed and the two etchings were missing.

She says the etchings were valued at $150,000 and $300,000. The gallery has identified the pieces as “The Frugal Meal” and “Jacqueline Lisant.”

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