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Artist Says Eight Paintings Stolen During Overnight Hours At Edgewater Fall Art Fair Last Weekend

(CBS) -- A Chicago artist says eight of her paintings were stolen in the overnight hours this weekend at the Edgewater Fall Art Fair.

The value of the eight paintings adds up to about $3,500 says 28-year-old artist Lydia Cash.But more than that, she says she feels almost like she's lost a child.

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"To find out they're gone and someone stole them," Cash said.

Cash says some of the organizers of the Edgewater Fall Art Fair have been apologetic and willing to help. But others, not so much - especially when she asked one official about overnight security guards.

"She just said, 'Well, there were supposed to be four but there were only two,'" she said.

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The value of the eight paintings adds up to about $3,500 Cash says. (Credit Lydia Cash's Facebook)

Rae Ann Cecrle, the chair of the art fair, says there were only supposed to be two guards overnight.

Cecrle says the theft is "unfortunate."

"But people really really have to use common sense and take responsibility for their own liability," she said.

Cecrle says most artists take their paintings home at night and bring them back the next morning for the two-day show.

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