The Art of the Con

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The untold stories of some of history's most notorious art cons—and the secret history of fakes, frauds, and forgeries in the art world
PRAISE POR THE ART OF THE CON
"An engrossing read about brazen, artful scams."
—mm reviews
"Amore is privy to more information on the subject of forgeries than the average art collector or dealer, and he shares a number of those stories in this engrossing account A bracing and highly informative assessment of a very real problem, sure to resonate with art fans and curators alike."
—publishers weekly
"A fascinating account of some of the biggest scams that have taken place in the art world over the last century." —artnet news
"A riveting, fast-moving account of shameless fraudsters who wreak havoc on the art world. A must-read!" —brian t. kelly, former
assistant united states attorney
"Amore's diverse, colorful crew of art-gallery grifters and scammers have been reaping the kind of ill-gotten gains that old-school criminals could only... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The untold stories of some of history's most notorious art cons—and the secret history of fakes, frauds, and forgeries in the art world
PRAISE POR THE ART OF THE CON
"An engrossing read about brazen, artful scams."
—mm reviews
"Amore is privy to more information on the subject of forgeries than the average art collector or dealer, and he shares a number of those stories in this engrossing account A bracing and highly informative assessment of a very real problem, sure to resonate with art fans and curators alike."
—publishers weekly
"A fascinating account of some of the biggest scams that have taken place in the art world over the last century." —artnet news
"A riveting, fast-moving account of shameless fraudsters who wreak havoc on the art world. A must-read!" —brian t. kelly, former
assistant united states attorney
"Amore's diverse, colorful crew of art-gallery grifters and scammers have been reaping the kind of ill-gotten gains that old-school criminals could only dream of. Highly recommended!" —howie carr, new york r/aifj bestselling author of the brothers bulberm hitman
"[A] definitive page-turner. The Art of the Con is wonderfully investigated and highly paced and provides a jaw-hitting-the-floor examination of art-world fraud." —ulrich boser, author of the bardner heist: the true story of the world's larbest unsolved art theft
"These unknown scams are woven into a narrative that reads like a thriller. Read this book!" —jon leiberman, radio and television host and author of whitey on trial: secrets, corruption, ano the search for truth
Anthony M. Amore is an expert in security matters and head of security and chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. He is the coauthor of Stealing Rembrandts, a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Before joining the Gardner Museum in 2005, Amore worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and was a special agent with the Federal Aviation Administration. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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