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Watson, Peter
From Manet to Manhattan: The Rise of the Modern Art Market
New York Random House 1992 0679404724 / 9780679404729 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
xxviii, 558 pp., [40] pp. of plates, illus., biblio., index; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown, top edge lightly soiled. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.
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Watson, Peter
Sotheby's: The Inside Story
New York Random House 1997 0679414037 / 9780679414032 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
324 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., biblio., index; 25 cm. Originally published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Pub., in different form. Tight, clean copy. One corner lightly bumped, else fine. Dust jacket, with a small corner crease/front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. Corruption at the famous auction house, 1979-1996. "As Seen on 60 Minutes."
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Watson, Peter, and Todeschini, Cecilia
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities, From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
New York PublicAffairs 2006 1586484028 / 9781586484026 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible
xx, 379 pp., [8] pp. of plates, illus., index; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "A true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artifacts - and features a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions. 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 B.C. 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 raiders - who steal classical artifacts, and a network of dealers and smugglers who spirit them out of Italy and into the hands of wealthy collectors and museums. Peter Watson, a former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Times and author of two previous exposés of art world scandals, names the key figures in this network that has depleted Europe's classical artifacts. Among the loot are the irreplaceable and highly collectable vases of Euphronius, the equivalent in their field of the sculpture of Bernini or the painting of Michelangelo. The narrative leads to the doors of some major institutions: Sothebys, the Getty Museum in L.A., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among them. Filled with great characters and human drama, The Medici Conspiracy authoritatively exposes another shameful round in one of the oldest games in the world: theft, smuggling and duplicitous dealing, all in the name of art. / Peter Watson writes for the New York Times and has written weekly columns on the art market for the London Sunday Times, Observer and Evening Standard. In June 1997, he was appointed Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Caravaggio Conspiracy, From Manet to Manhattan, and Sotheby's: The Inside Story. Cecilia Todeschini is a researcher and translator who has worked for the BBC, ITV, CBS, ABC, and NBC. She has covered papal conclaves as well as the great mafia trials in Italy among many other subjects." - Publisher.
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Watson, Peter, and Todeschini, Cecilia
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities, From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
New York PublicAffairs 2007 1586484389 / 9781586484385 Trade Paperback Very Good
xx, 407 pp., [8] pp. of plates, illus., index; 21 cm. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. Age toning. "A true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artifacts - and features a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions. 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 B.C. 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 raiders - who steal classical artifacts, and a network of dealers and smugglers who spirit them out of Italy and into the hands of wealthy collectors and museums. Peter Watson, a former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Times and author of two previous exposés of art world scandals, names the key figures in this network that has depleted Europe's classical artifacts. Among the loot are the irreplaceable and highly collectable vases of Euphronius, the equivalent in their field of the sculpture of Bernini or the painting of Michelangelo. The narrative leads to the doors of some major institutions: Sothebys, the Getty Museum in L.A., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among them. Filled with great characters and human drama, The Medici Conspiracy authoritatively exposes another shameful round in one of the oldest games in the world: theft, smuggling and duplicitous dealing, all in the name of art. / Peter Watson writes for the New York Times and has written weekly columns on the art market for the London Sunday Times, Observer and Evening Standard. In June 1997, he was appointed Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Caravaggio Conspiracy, From Manet to Manhattan, and Sotheby's: The Inside Story. Cecilia Todeschini is a researcher and translator who has worked for the BBC, ITV, CBS, ABC, and NBC. She has covered papal conclaves as well as the great mafia trials in Italy among many other subjects." - Publisher.
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Watson, Peter
Wisdom and Strength: The Biography of a Renaissance Masterpiece
New York Doubleday 1989 0385184492 / 9780385184496 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good
xx, 395 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus.; 24 cm. Map on lining papers. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition, April 1989." Dust jacket, with a small corner crease/front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. This book traces the storied provenance of Paolo Veronese's "Allegory of Wisdom and Strength."
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