Still stunned by the recent wave of art thefts, the galleries of Europe are wiring themselves for sound. Last week an exhibition opened in Munich of 400 works by Toulouse-Lautrec. If a thief so much as touches one. an alarm will go off. London's National Gallery and Tate Gallery are considering placing their pictures in a new kind of mat—a thin layer of foam rubber sandwiched between two foil sheets that are wired to the wall. It will do a thief no good to cut the wires, for the alarm will go off anyway. Price per mat: $10 to $15.
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