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Paperback. Condition: Fair. In wartime Berlin, Cioma Schonhaus discovered a way of turning his talent for graphic design to good use: he forged documents which helped save hundreds of Jewish lives. His first challenge involved painstakingly recreating each of the twelve long and twenty-four short feathers on the German Imperial Eagle so that a pass stood up to scrutiny by Nazi officials. Many more forged documents were to follow, as the twenty-year-old Schonhaus attempted to stay one step ahead of the authorities. Schonhaus is breathtakingly bold - he gets himself arrested for wandering onto a military airfield and manages to talk his way out; he makes a complaint about the drunken behaviour of a policeman harassing Jewish diners in a restaurant; he goes cycling with a girlfriend in the countryside at a time when Jews were subject to curfew and banned from riding bicycles. On his final 1000-mile flight from Germany, he is forced to abandon his plan to jump on a goods train bound for Switzerland and is left with the option of swimming across the Lake Constance or cycling all the way . As those around him are one by one deported to the concentration camps, his is an astonishing story of survival.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Absinthe is a booming business, with global trade expected to reach £44.3 billion by 2026. First produced in 1792, the spirit, known as 'the green fairy,' was banned worldwide by 1914 before the bans were gradually overturned beginning in 2007. Thus, on the black market, bottles that were produced before the ban are worth solid gold. Enter The Absintheur, a deadly-charismatic European art student whose real name we can't yet divulge. He charmed some of the best minds (and palates) in the beverage world into thinking that he was selling them precious vintage pre-ban bottles, for years. How did he get away with it? The Absinthe Forger pieces together The Absintheur's subterfuge, motivation, and hidden life story with the help of the absinthe connoisseurs who eventually proved his fraud while Evan Rail reported on it for the New York Times. It relates the illicit history of absinthe, from its birth in Switzerland through its coming of age in France, and on to the spirit's modern revival starting. The Absinthe Forger is a compellingly bizarre crime drama that will make you never look at wormwood in the same way again.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Absinthe is a booming business, with global trade expected to reach £44.3 billion by 2026. First produced in 1792, the spirit, known as 'the green fairy,' was banned worldwide by 1914 before the bans were gradually overturned beginning in 2007. Thus, on the black market, bottles that were produced before the ban are worth solid gold. Enter The Absintheur, a deadly-charismatic European art student whose real name we can't yet divulge. He charmed some of the best minds (and palates) in the beverage world into thinking that he was selling them precious vintage pre-ban bottles, for years. How did he get away with it? The Absinthe Forger pieces together The Absintheur's subterfuge, motivation, and hidden life story with the help of the absinthe connoisseurs who eventually proved his fraud while Evan Rail reported on it for the New York Times. It relates the illicit history of absinthe, from its birth in Switzerland through its coming of age in France, and on to the spirit's modern revival starting. The Absinthe Forger is a compellingly bizarre crime drama that will make you never look at wormwood in the same way again. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in exchange for a one-woman show in his gallery. But as she begins her work, she starts to suspect that this long-missing masterpiece - the very one that had been hanging at the Gardner for one hundred years - may itself be a forgery.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in exchange for a one-woman show in his gallery. But as she begins her work, she starts to suspect that this long-missing masterpiece - the very one that had been hanging at the Gardner for one hundred years - may itself be a forgery.…

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Condition: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The true story of one of the twentieth century's most audacious art frauds Filled with extraordinary characters and told at breakneck speed, Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller. But this is most certainly not fiction. It is the astonishing narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate cons in the history of art forgery. Stretching from London to Paris to New York, investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo recount the tale of infamous con man and unforgettable villain John Drewe and his accomplice, the affable artist John Myatt. Together they exploited the archives of British art institutions to irrevocably legitimize the hundreds of pieces they forged, many of which are still considered genuine and hang in prominent museums and private collections today.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The true story of one of the twentieth century's most audacious art frauds Filled with extraordinary characters and told at breakneck speed, Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller. But this is most certainly not fiction. It is the astonishing narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate cons in the history of art forgery. Stretching from London to Paris to New York, investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo recount the tale of infamous con man and unforgettable villain John Drewe and his accomplice, the affable artist John Myatt. Together they exploited the archives of British art institutions to irrevocably legitimize the hundreds of pieces they forged, many of which are still considered genuine and hang in prominent museums and private collections today.…

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Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, THE LAST VERMEER, STARRING GUY PEARCE: A revelatory biography of the world's most famous forger--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush--and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world. It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true. In this gripping work of true crime, Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives for this long-overdue unvarnishing of the master forger Han van Meegeren's legend. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game of art fraud in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation. This definitive account reveals the shocking truth behind the legend: A World War II Art Crime: The astonishing story of how Han van Meegeren sold a counterfeit Vermeer to Hermann Goering, not as an act of rebellion, but as a business transaction. The Forger's Web of Deceit: An exploration of the Europe-wide network of illicit commerce Van Meegeren was part of for decades, long before the war, duping famous collectors like Andrew Mellon. Art Forgery Investigation: Drawing on never-before-seen archives, author Jonathan Lopez dismantles the popular myth of Van Meegeren as an anti-fascist hero, revealing him as a professional criminal and Nazi sympathizer. Fascinating Dutch History: A rich, detailed look at the high-stakes European art market in the 1920s, '30s, and through the Nazi occupation, revealing how a master forger could thrive.…

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