Where is artwork?

I've been on iTunes 8.x/Win for a while, but am switching to a Mac. When I loaded my iTunes/Win library, I spent many hours getting artwork for ALL of my albums. So, when I copied all of my .mp3 files to the Mac, I expected them to be there as well. They weren't, on almost half of my albums.
Going back to Windows does show the artwork, and not just in Cover flow. If I do a Get Info on the song, it shows the artwork on the Artwork tab. Yet if I look at the file, it hasn't been touched (date changed) since I ripped it years ago. So, iTunes is obviously lying -- the artwork is NOT in the file.
So, several questions:
1. Why is iTunes lying about the artwork being on the file?
2. Where is the artwork?
3. How do I get the artwork in the files?
I don't want to have to re-do all of that work on the Mac side. And, given what's happening here, how do I know whether it is in the file, even on the Mac side? Finder shows thumbnails, but is it getting them from the file, or from the same secret place iTunes is getting them from?
Thanks.

Many aspects of various Apple software has really become quite pathetic. And, I suppose this extends to the company, that is, Apple has and/or is becoming quite pathetic. Too many problems with "new" versions of Apple software, including iTunes.
I add album artwork manually. With the latest version of iTunes, some of the artwork shows up, some of it does not. Again, quite pathetic. Especially since there was a time when the software work so well.
Apple really seems to NOT understand, we want stuff that works. And, no more denial and no more excuses.

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Hi,
Does anyone know where the latest version of iTunes stores artwork for albums.
I am running it under 64bit Windows 7.
I know I a bit thick today but that's because I have been working all night. I just can't see where the artwork is being stored.

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then if necessary
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