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Caveat Emptor : The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; London 1993; 1. The Castle; 2. Ciao! Manhattan; 3. Art Forgery 101; 4. Union Square; 5. The Ferguson Club; 6. Number 39; 7. Urban Survival; 8. The American School; 9. Indian Spring; 10. Sotheby''s Chump; 11. The British School; 12. The Gems of Brazil; 13. Che...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newburyport
: Pegasus Books
, 2013
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | EBL-Schweitzer
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| Online Access: | Volltext |
| Summary: | Cover; Title Page; Dedication; London 1993; 1. The Castle; 2. Ciao! Manhattan; 3. Art Forgery 101; 4. Union Square; 5. The Ferguson Club; 6. Number 39; 7. Urban Survival; 8. The American School; 9. Indian Spring; 10. Sotheby''s Chump; 11. The British School; 12. The Gems of Brazil; 13. Checkmate; Postscript; Acknowledgments; Copyright It is said that the greatest con man in the world is the one who has never been caught-and here for the first time is the astonishing story of America's most accomplished art forger Ten years ago, an FBI investigation in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York was about to expose a scandal in the art world that would have been front-page news in New York and London. After a trail of fake paintings of astonishing quality led federal agents to art dealers, renowned experts, and the major auction houses, the investigation inexplicably ended, despite an ab |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (323 p.)) |
| ISBN: | 9781480416253 |
