The Art of the Con by Anthony M Amore

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Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The Art of the Con tells the stories of some of history's most notorious yet untold cons.

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The Art of the Con by Anthony M Amore

Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The Art of the Con tells the stories of some of history's most notorious yet untold cons.
ANTHONY M. AMORE is an expert in security matters and head of security and chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. He is the co-author of Stealing Rembrandts, which was a Wall Street Journal True Crime Best Seller. Before joining the Gardner Museum in 2005, Amore worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and was a Special Agent with the Federal Aviation Administration. He lives in Boston, MA.
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ISBN 13 9781137279873
ISBN 10 1137279877
Title The Art of the Con
Author Anthony M Amore
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2015-07-27
Number of pages 272
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