About this title: Featuring a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions, this true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artefacts. The story begins, as stories do in all good thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apuleian vases of the fourth century BC are discovered in the swimming pool of a German-based art smuggler. More valuable than the recovery of the vases, however, is the discovery of the smuggler's card index detailing his deals and dealers. It reveals the existence of a web of tombaroli - tomb ...
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Your search:Books»The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities, from Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums(98 available copies)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 04/2006
ISBN-13:9781586484026ISBN:1586484028
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 379 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 2006-04-24
ISBN-13:9781586484026ISBN:1586484028
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 2006-04-24
ISBN-13:9781586484026ISBN:1586484028
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 2006-04-24
ISBN-13:9781586484026ISBN:1586484028
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Description: Good. 1586484028 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 1586484028 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
"This book intrigued me from page one and at times left me angry, sad, hopeful and furious. In the end, my heart was broken by both the scale and the currency of major looting across Italy and I have never thought of museum collections the same way.
For art and archaeology enthusiasts, this is a must-read. For students of art history, this is a must-read. For those interested in true crime and the thrill of the hunt, this is a must-read.
However for all those parties, I would be surprised if anyone came away unaffected by the story, and the facts, of this book."
"I thought this was going to be a book about the Renaissance Medici family, but I soon learned it is about modern day art scams. I never knew.... I thought they were all nice nowadays. ;-) Okay, not really, but this book made me realize that not everything is necessarily as authentic as the curators would like us to think."
"Museum curators, auction houses, and art dealers caught red-handed looting Italian tombs by paying poor peasants to rob them at night and then making false claims as to where they came from. Totally interesting and sad and maddening."
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