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False Impressions : The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes
Overview
Delving into one of the most sacrosanct areas of culture--fine art collecting--Thomas Hoving presents a gallery of art fakes, fakers, and the suckers who fell for the scams. From the shroud of Turin to pre-Colombian pottery, Hoving reveals the biggest, the best, the most embarrassing, and the most costly forgeries in history--many of them unknown until now. photos.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780684831480
- ISBN-10: 0684831481
- Publisher: Touchstone Books
- Publish Date: May 1997
- Dimensions: 8.62 x 5.42 x 0.95 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.11 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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