The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present
by
Erin Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Whether it's the discovery of $1.6 billion in Nazi-looted art or the news that Syrian rebels are looting UNESCO archaeological sites to buy arms, art crime commands headlines. Erin Thompson, America's only professor of art crime, explores the dark history of looting, smuggling, and forgery that lies...