Art Auction Mystery

Author : Anna Nilsen
Publisher : Kingfisher
ISBN 13 : 9780753458426
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Auction Mystery written by Anna Nilsen and published by Kingfisher. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen famous paintings from collections around the world have been stolen and replaced with clever forgeries. Now these fake paintings, along with sixteen others, are going up for auction. After an anonymous tip, the reader has to come to the rescue! By comparing the paintings to the originals, the reader has all the clues to figure out which paintings are real and which are fakes. Including work by the world's most famous artists, this book is part mystery, part puzzle, part art reference book, and all-over fun!

Author : Anna Nilsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753411957
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Fraud Detective written by Anna Nilsen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the priceless masterpieces have been stolen from the Town Gallery and replaced with forgeries, and it's up to you spot the clues and identify the fakes. This spot-the-difference game also contains facts about paintings, tips on the techniques of the Old Masters and a glossary of art terms.

Author : Larry Witham
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480824356
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gallery Pieces written by Larry Witham and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his forties, Julian Peale is getting a fresh start. Formerly in Navy intelligence, hes cast his lot in the New York art world. Hes landed a job with the venerable Medici Studios, which also contracts with the NYPD and FBI. On a winter morning, theyve run a sting operation to track Russian art smugglers. The caper goes awry, but an odd bit of evidence remains: four art catalogs with graffiti markings. So begins Gallery Pieces, a story that will keep readers guessing until the end. Peale follows the clues where they lead. He meets a heavy at the Miami Art Fair, chases a mystery bidder at Merriweathers auction in Manhattan, and crosses paths with a Brooklyn performance artist whose pranks are dangerously entangled in the Russian intrigues. Step by step, Peale enters an art world permeated not only by the avant-garde, but by the Russian mob, hackers, forgers, hipsters, and the history of art looting in Europe during WWII. When Peale least expects it, the catalogs lead him on another trail. He is drawn into a long-forgotten mystery surrounding his grandfather, Maxwell Peale, who had been a monuments man, a soldier who helped reclaim art looted by the Nazis. Peale is on his way to discovering paintings stolen in postwar Europe. Finding the culprits, however, brings him closer to home than hed imagined.

Author : Elizabeth Honness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780397303397
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystery of the Auction Trunk written by Elizabeth Honness and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hollands were vacationing in an old house which had once belonged to an artist whose paintings had lately become valuable. A menacing art dealer would stop at nothing to get hold of these paintings. The Hollands solve a mystery and outwit the art dealer.

Author : Anne Laure Bandle
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786431017
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sale of Misattributed Artworks and Antiques at Auction written by Anne Laure Bandle and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glamour and mystery of the art auction, gathering interested buyers from across the globe, makes it one of the most fascinating marketplaces in existence. ‘Sleepers’, artworks or antiques that have been undervalued and mislabelled due to an expert’s oversight and consequently undersold, appear regularly. This fascinating new book provides the first extensive study of the phenomenon of sleepers through an in-depth analysis of the contractual relationships, liability and remedies that arise in the context of auction sales.

Author : Simon de Pury
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125005978X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Auctioneer written by Simon de Pury and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Simon de Pury, former Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, former owner of Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury, and currently a London-based dealer, takes us inside a secretive business, whose staggering prices, famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every day"--

Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101077301
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nancy Drew 29: Mystery at the Ski Jump written by Carolyn Keene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1952-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nancy learns that the Drews’ housekeeper has been duped by an elegantly dressed woman into buying a stolen fur piece, the young detective starts a search for the clever swindler. To Nancy’s astonishment, she discovers that the woman is using the name Nancy Drew. The dishonest acts of the impostor point the finger of suspicion at Nancy herself and result in her being questioned by the police. Join Nancy in this thrilling mystery as she solves the mystery and clears her name.

Author : Robyn Supraner
Publisher : Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780670847976
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Sunday and the Mystery at the Ocean Beach Hotel written by Robyn Supraner and published by Viking Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annoyed that his friends have forgotten his birthday, detective Sam Sunday begins investigating the disappearance of some valuables at an old hotel.

Author : Jennifer Dasal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143134590
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ArtCurious written by Jennifer Dasal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.

Author : Christopher Mason
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0425202410
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Steal written by Christopher Mason and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.