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The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Christie's Auction House Scandal

The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Christie's Auction House Scandal

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The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Christie's Auction House Scandal

by Mason, Christopher

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ISBN 10
0399150935
ISBN 13
9780399150937
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New York: G.P. Putnam's, 2004. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good+ DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Green cloth hardcover with green backstrip, gold lettering on spine. Very clean, tight binding, bright copy. Dustjacket is clean, glossy, crisp, in protective mylar cover.

Synopsis

The Art of the Steal tells the story of several larger-than-life figures - the billionaire tycoon Alfred Taubman; the most powerful woman in the art world, Dede Brooks; and the wily British executive Christopher Davidge - who conspired to cheat their clients out of millions of dollars. It offers an unprecedented look inside this secretive, glamorous, gold-plated industry, describing just how Sotheby's and Christie's grew from clubby, aristocratic businesses into slick international corporations. And it shows how the groundwork for the most recent illegal activities was laid decades before the perpetrators were caught by federal prosecutors.

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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
NF39798
Title
The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Christie's Auction House Scandal
Author
Mason, Christopher
Illustrator
n/a
Book Condition
Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition
Very Good+ DJ
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0399150935
ISBN 13
9780399150937
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2004
Pages
406pp
Size
8vo = over 9"
Keywords
First Edition
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True Crime;

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