| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-05-08 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 999 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note 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.
Industry Reviews "What a perfect alignment of subject and author, I thought. A famous fake, writing about other fakes!" New York Observer - Hilton Kramer (05/06/1996)
"Juicy tales of intrigue and bravado from a 'fakebuster' extraordinaire." Childs
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