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Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age by Jonathon Keats Publisher Comments According to Vasari, the young Michelangelo often borrowed drawings of past masters, which he copied, returning his imitations to the owners and keeping originals. Half a millennium later, Andy Warhol made a game of "forging" the Mona Lisa, questioning... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Edward Dolnick Publisher Comments As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. The con man's mark was Hermann Goering, one of the most reviled leaders of... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han Van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez Publisher Comments It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury Publisher Comments The true story of one of the twentieth century's most audacious art frauds Filled with extraordinary characters and told at breakneck speed, Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller. But this is most certainly not fiction. It is the astonishing... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century (P.S.) by Edward Dolnick Publisher Comments As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of three men and an extraordinary deception: the revered artist Johannes Vermeer; the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him years later; and the con man's mark... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Scarith of Scornello: A Tale of Renaissance Forgery by Ingrid D Rowland Publisher Comments Bored teenager Curzio Inghirami staged perhaps the most outlandish prank of the seventeenth century when he hatched a wild scheme that preyed on the Italian fixation with ancestry by forging an array of ancient Latin and Etruscan documents. Stashing the... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The American Leonardo: A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money by John Brewer Publisher Comments In 1919 a returning World War I veteran named Harry Hahn and his French bride attempted to sell what they thought was a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci in New York. Renowned art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen declared the picture-La Belle Ferronni�re-a fake... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures by Philip Mould Publisher Comments The supremely telegenic star of the original Antiques Roadshow dishes up his best tales of uncovering lost masterpieces and unmasking fakes. How can you tell a masterpiece from a piece of junk? Philip Mould has been so successful at discovering buried... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger by Ken Perenyi Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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False impressions :the hunt for big-time art fakes by Thomas Hoving Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-347) and index.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Flag on Devils Island by Francis Lagrange Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pictures in Peril by H H Pars Your price: $4.48 Used - Hardcover
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Fake the Story of Elmyr De Hory the Grea by Clifford Irving Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Flag on Devils Island by Francis Lagrange Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Genuine Article: The Making & Unmasking of Fakes & Forgeries by John Fritzmau Mills List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rape of Labelle by Harry Hahn Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Great Forgers & Famous Fakes by Charles Hamilton Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fake the Story of Elmyr De Hory 1ST Edition by Clifford Irving Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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False Impressions the Hunt for Big Time Art Fakes by Thomas Hoving Your price: $13.95 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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