Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks books

217 books were found.

The Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities: International Recovery and Criminal and Civil Liability

The Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities: International...

Author: Ian Smith (33 Chancery Lane, UK) ,  Janet Ulph
ISBN: 9781841139647
Format: Hardback
$320.00

This new text provides practical guidance on the modern law relating to cultural objects which have been stolen,...  Read More >>

Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners

Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners

Author: Sandy Nairne
ISBN: 9781780230207
Format: Paperback
$46.58

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Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities From Rome and Athens

Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities...

Author: Antoine Quatremere de Quincy ,  Dominique Poulot
ISBN: 9781606060995
Format: Paperback
$93.95

Offers an English translation of French art critic Quatermere de Quincy's controversial series of letters about...  Read More >>

The Lost Mona Lisa

The Lost Mona Lisa

Author: R A Scotti
ISBN: 9780857501141
Format: Paperback
$24.99

It is a story to rival the best detective fiction - a story of audacious thieves, art forgers, shadowy conmen, millionaire...  Read More >>

Fraud, Fakery and False Business: Rethinking the Shrager versus Dighton 'Old Furniture Case'

Fraud, Fakery and False Business: Rethinking the Shrager...

Author: Dr Abigail Harrison Moore
ISBN: 9781441115751
Format: Hardback
$280.00

Political, social and racial discrimination in inter-war England explored through one case study of the corrupt...  Read More >>

Art Forgery: The History of a Modern Obsession

Art Forgery: The History of a Modern Obsession

Author: Thierry Lenain
ISBN: 9781861898500
Format: Hardback
$84.95

This book charts the changing status of art forgery from the time of its appearance in the Renaissance, when it...  Read More >>

Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners

Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners

Author: Sandy Nairne
ISBN: 9781861898517
Format: Hardback
$76.56

A vivid, personal account by Sandy Nairne of the theft of two important paintings by J.W.M. Turner and the subsequent...  Read More >>

Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures

Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures

Author: Philip Mould
ISBN: 9780007319152
Format: Paperback
$24.99

CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become...  Read More >>

Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece

Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's...

Author: Noah Charney ,  John Allen Nelson
ISBN: 9781452600338
Format: Audio
$92.37

The gripping, six-century history of the world's most frequently stolen masterpiece, as told by Noah Charney, whom...  Read More >>

Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece

Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's...

Author: Noah Charney ,  John Allen Nelson
ISBN: 9781452630335
Format: Audio
$221.73

The gripping, six-century history of the world's most frequently stolen masterpiece, as told by Noah Charney, whom...  Read More >>

The Secret of the Sacred Panel: Nazi Art Theft, Conspiracy and the Crown of Thorns

The Secret of the Sacred Panel: Nazi Art Theft, Conspiracy...

Author: Karl Hammer
ISBN: 9781906768454
Format: Paperback
$42.24

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Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece

Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's...

Author: Noah Charney
ISBN: 9781586488000
Format: Hardback
$73.79

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A Closer Look: Deceptions and Discoveries

A Closer Look: Deceptions and Discoveries

Author: Marjorie E. Wieseman
ISBN: 9781857094862
Format: Paperback
$20.95

How do experts spot masterpieces? Paintings are not always signed or noted in historical records, so how can we...  Read More >>

A Real Van Gogh: How the Art World Struggles with Truth

A Real Van Gogh: How the Art World Struggles with Truth...

Author: Henk Tromp
ISBN: 9789089641762
Format: Paperback
$130.68

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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the...

Author: Robert M. Edsel
ISBN: 9781848091030
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Now a major film starring GEORGE CLOONEY, MATT DAMON, CATE BLANCHETT, BILL MURRAY, JOHN GOODMAN, HUGH BONNEVILLE,...  Read More >>

The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest...

Author: Ulrich Boser
ISBN: 9780061451843
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed...  Read More >>

Crimes of the Art World

Crimes of the Art World

Author: Thomas D. Bazley Ph.D.
ISBN: 9780313360473
Format: Hardback
$76.00

This book offers a revealing look at the full scope of criminal activity in the art world-a category of crime that...  Read More >>

Faking the Ancient Andes

Faking the Ancient Andes

Author: Karen O Bruhns ,  Nancy L Kelker
ISBN: 9781598743951
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Faking the Ancient Andes

Faking the Ancient Andes

Author: Karen O Bruhns ,  Nancy L Kelker
ISBN: 9781598743944
Format: Hardback
$326.00

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Faking Ancient Mesoamerica

Faking Ancient Mesoamerica

Author: Nancy L Kelker ,  Karen O Bruhns
ISBN: 9781598741506
Format: Hardback
$347.00

This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud of Central Americafor archaeologists, art...  Read More >>

Egyptian Fakes:Masterpieces that Duped the Art World and the Expe: Masterpieces that Duped the Art World and the Experts Who Uncovered Them

Egyptian Fakes:Masterpieces that Duped the Art World...

Author: Jean-Jacques Fiechter
ISBN: 9782080301116
Format: Hardback
$118.80

A market has existed for copies of Egyptian artifacts from as early as the Phoenicians, but the appearance of fakes...  Read More >>

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