2006, ISBN: 9781586484026

[PU: New York: PublicAffairs.], XX, 379 Seiten / p. Originalpappband mit Originalschutzumschlag / Originalhardcover with dust jacket. Sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - The story … Mehr…

[PU: New York: PublicAffairs.], XX, 379 Seiten / p. Originalpappband mit Originalschutzumschlag / Originalhardcover with dust jacket. Sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - The story begins, as all stories do in good crime thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apulian vases, of the fourth century BC, were discovered in the swimming pool of a German-based art smuggler. More valuable than the recovery of the vases, however, was the discovery of the smugglers card index detailing his deals and fellow dealers. It revealed the existence of the furtive totnbaroli - tomb raiders - who stole classical artifacts, and a clandestine network of dealers and smugglers who spirited them out of Italy and into the hands of wealthy collectors and museums. - Peter Watson, a distinguished former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Tinies and author of two previous exposes of art world scandals, traces the networks and names the key figures who have depleted Europe of its classical treasures. Among the looted items are the irreplaceable and highly collectable vases of Euphronios, the equivalent in their field to the sculptures of Bernini or the paintings of Michelangelo. Their journey takes them through the doors of some of the world s greatest institutions: Sotheby’s auction house, the Getty Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the British Museum, the Berlin Museum of Classical Antiquities, the Miho Museum in Japan and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. -- When news networks around the world began to broadcast the events of the trial of a former curator at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 2005, they stumbled across the corner of a thirty-year conspiracy. Filled with colorful characters and human drama, The Medici Conspiracy completely and authoritatively exposes the latest version of one of the oldest cons in the world: theft, smuggling, and duplicitous dealing - all in the name of art. With this definitive revelation of the chain of corruption, the world of antiquities dealing and museum collections will never be the same again. ISBN 978158648, DE, [SC: 4.50], gebraucht; gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 720g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Spedizioni internazionali<

2006, ISBN: 1586484028

[EAN: 9781586484026], Usato, ottimo stato, [SC: 10.0], [PU: New York: PublicAffairs.], Jacket, XX, 379 Seiten / p. Sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - The story begins, as all stor… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781586484026], Usato, ottimo stato, [SC: 10.0], [PU: New York: PublicAffairs.], Jacket, XX, 379 Seiten / p. Sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - The story begins, as all stories do in good crime thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apulian vases, of the fourth century BC, were discovered in the swimming pool of a German-based art smuggler. More valuable than the recovery of the vases, however, was the discovery of the smugglers card index detailing his deals and fellow dealers. It revealed the existence of the furtive totnbaroli - tomb raiders - who stole classical artifacts, and a clandestine network of dealers and smugglers who spirited them out of Italy and into the hands of wealthy collectors and museums. - Peter Watson, a distinguished former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Tinies and author of two previous exposes of art world scandals, traces the networks and names the key figures who have depleted Europe of its classical treasures. Among the looted items are the irreplaceable and highly collectable vases of Euphronios, the equivalent in their field to the sculptures of Bernini or the paintings of Michelangelo. Their journey takes them through the doors of some of the world s greatest institutions: Sotheby’s auction house, the Getty Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the British Museum, the Berlin Museum of Classical Antiquities, the Miho Museum in Japan and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. -- When news networks around the world began to broadcast the events of the trial of a former curator at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 2005, they stumbled across the corner of a thirty-year conspiracy. Filled with colorful characters and human drama, The Medici Conspiracy completely and authoritatively exposes the latest version of one of the oldest cons in the world: theft, smuggling, and duplicitous dealing - all in the name of art. With this definitive revelation of the chain of corruption, the world of antiquities dealing and museum collections will never be the same again. ISBN 9781586484026 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 720 Originalpappband mit Originalschutzumschlag / Originalhardcover with dust jacket., Books<

2006, ISBN: 9781586484026

PublicAffairs, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 6x1x9. The story begins, as stories do in all good thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apuleian vas… Mehr…

PublicAffairs, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 6x1x9. The story begins, as stories do in all good thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apuleian vases of the fourth century B.C. are discovered in the swimming pool of a German-based art smuggler. More valuable than the recovery of the vases, however, is the discovery of the smuggler's card index detailing his deals and dealers. It reveals the existence of a web of tombaroli—tomb raiders— who steal classical artifacts, and a network of dealers and smugglers who spirit them out of Italy and into the hands of wealthy collectors and museums. Peter Watson, a former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Times and author of two previous exposés of art world scandals, names the key figures in this network that has depleted Europe's classical artifacts. Among the loot are the irreplaceable and highly collectable vases of Euphronius, the equivalent in their field of the sculpture of Bernini or the painting of Michelangelo. The narrative leads to the doors of some major institutions: Sothebys, the Getty Museum in L.A., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among them. Filled with great characters and human drama, The Medici Conspiracy authoritatively exposes another shameful round in one of the oldest games in the world: theft, smuggling and duplicitous dealing, all in the name of art., PublicAffairs, 2006, 5<