A Pablo Picasso sketchbook worth several million dollars has been stolen from a museum in Paris.

There is no sign of a break-in at the Picasso Museum in the Marais area of the city, yet the red notebook containing 33 pencil drawings disappeared on Monday night, police said.

The sketchbook has been valued at $9.8 Million to $14 Million.

France’s culture minister, Christine Albanel, said the notebook – dating from 1917-1924 and with the word “Album” inscribed in gold on the front – would be hard to sell and called the theft “bizarre to say the least”.

The museum is dedicated to the Spanish-born painter, a founder of the Cubist movement and leading 20th century artist. Source