The Art of the Steal
by Mason, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/NF
- ISBN 10
- 0399150935
- ISBN 13
- 9780399150937
- Seller
-
murrieta, California, United States
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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
- Optical Insights (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33731
- Title
- The Art of the Steal
- Author
- Mason, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/NF
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399150935
- ISBN 13
- 9780399150937
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0399150935, Art, Auction, Christie's, Sotheby
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Americana;
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