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The Case Of The Stolen Sculpture
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Author : Steven Brezenoff
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2015
The Case Of The Stolen Sculpture written by Steven Brezenoff and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Art museums categories.
When a priceless sculpture is stolen from the Capitol City Art Museum, it's up to Clementine and her friends to figure out who's responsible.
The Case Of The Stolen Statue
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Author : George Edward Stanley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Case Of The Stolen Statue written by George Edward Stanley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Schools categories.
The Third-Grade Detectives investigate when a fifteenth-century statue is stolen from and art museum and destroyed.
Art Theft And The Case Of The Stolen Turners
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Author : Sandy Nairne
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2011-09-15
Art Theft And The Case Of The Stolen Turners written by Sandy Nairne and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with Art categories.
In 1994 two important paintings by J.M.W. Turner—then valued at twenty-four million pounds—were stolen from a German public gallery while on loan from Tate Britain. In this vivid, personal account, Sandy Nairne who was then Director of Programmes at the Tate and became centrally involved in the pursuit of the paintings and the negotiations for their return, retells this complex, 8-year, cloak-and-dagger story, which finally concluded in 2002 with the pictures returning to public display at the Tate. In addition to this thrilling narrative, Nairne unravels stories of other high-value art thefts, puzzling what motivates a thief to steal a well-known work of art that cannot be sold, even on the black market. Nairne also examines the role of art theft within the larger underworld of international looting and illicit deals among art and antique collectors. The art heist, of course, is a popular theme of crime novels and films, and Nairne considers these depictions as well, investigating the imaginative construction of the art thief, the specialist detective, and the mysterious collector. Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners is a compelling, real-life detective story that will keep both art and mystery lovers eagerly turning pages.
The Case Of The Stolen Art Work
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Author : Karen Stillwagon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10
The Case Of The Stolen Art Work written by Karen Stillwagon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10 with categories.
The little dog ran down the beach, chasing the gulls near the water. "Bindi, come!" the young woman called, stopping the little dog in her tracks before she continued to chase the gulls. "Bindi!" The little dog stopped again but didn't look back this time. She started barking at a log that had washed up and the high tide deposited at the base of the cliff. As the young woman reached the little dog, she asked, "What has you so excited?" She saw a person crumpled behind the log. She reached down, and gently placed her fingers on the neck of an old woman, feeling for a pulse. A hand grasped the young woman's wrist in a weak grip. "Help me." The voice sounded like a whisper from the wind. When Lorelei Silence inherited her grandparents home in the sleepy, coastal town of Charleston, Oregon, little did she know she would be thrown into the midst of an investigation involving stolen art. Through mishaps and mistakes made along the way, Lorelei helps uncover the identities of those who were behind the home burglaries, and help catch the art thieves, while doing her best to stay alive!
Priceless
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Author : Robert K. Wittman
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Priceless written by Robert K. Wittman and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with True Crime categories.
The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.” In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair. Rising from humble roots as the son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary. He went undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid. In this page-turning memoir, Wittman fascinates with the stories behind his recoveries of priceless art and antiquities: The golden armor of an ancient Peruvian warrior king. The Rodin sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement. The headdress Geronimo wore at his final Pow-Wow. The rare Civil War battle flag carried into battle by one of the nation’s first African-American regiments. The breadth of Wittman’s exploits is unmatched: He traveled the world to rescue paintings by Rockwell and Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet and Picasso, often working undercover overseas at the whim of foreign governments. Closer to home, he recovered an original copy of the Bill of Rights and cracked the scam that rocked the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. By the FBI’s accounting, Wittman saved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art and antiquities. He says the statistic isn’t important. After all, who’s to say what is worth more --a Rembrandt self-portrait or an American flag carried into battle? They're both priceless. The art thieves and scammers Wittman caught run the gamut from rich to poor, smart to foolish, organized criminals to desperate loners. The smuggler who brought him a looted 6th-century treasure turned out to be a high-ranking diplomat. The appraiser who stole countless heirlooms from war heroes’ descendants was a slick, aristocratic con man. The museum janitor who made off with locks of George Washington's hair just wanted to make a few extra bucks, figuring no one would miss what he’d filched. In his final case, Wittman called on every bit of knowledge and experience in his arsenal to take on his greatest challenge: working undercover to track the vicious criminals behind what might be the most audacious art theft of all.
Case Of The Stolen Space Suit
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Author : Steve Brezenoff
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2016-01-01
Case Of The Stolen Space Suit written by Steve Brezenoff and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When the spacesuit of famous astronaut Sally Ride disappears from a traveling exhibit, Amal Farah, daughter of the Air and Space Museum's archivist, and her three friends, are determined to find the culprit before the exhibit is cancelled.
Stolen
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Author : Jonathan Webb
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2008
Stolen written by Jonathan Webb and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art thefts categories.
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The Case Of The Missing Museum Archives
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Author : Steven Brezenoff
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2015
The Case Of The Missing Museum Archives written by Steven Brezenoff and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Amal and her friends must solve the mystery of the missing flying machine plans before it costs her father his job at the Air and Space Museum.
Lost Lives Lost Art
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Author : Melissa Müller
language : en
Publisher: Frontline
Release Date : 2010
Lost Lives Lost Art written by Melissa Müller and has been published by Frontline this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
From 1937 on Jewish collectors were under extraordinary pressure from German official and unofficial sources to surrender their priceless collections. Collectors reluctantly agreed to one-sided sales of masterpieces at ludicrously low prices in exchange for a precious exit permit for themselves or a member of their family. This book traces the dispersal of these collections and follow the fate of the collectors. Inevitably, their collections were confiscated by German officials (Jacques Goudstikker), sold by Nazi party member art dealers (Cassirer) or seized for state collections (Bloch-Bauer). Following the war Allied officials made little effort to retrieve these paintings, concentrating their resources on art removed from museums, churches, and palaces. But the collectior s heirs continued to pursue the return of their patrimony, and over the past twenty years have won a number of key court decisions in Europe and the US leading to the restitution of some of the lost art. For every victory, such as the return to the Bloch-Bauer heirs of their family s confiscated Klimts, are defeats and obstinate stonewalling by museums and collectors, who insist that the art was legally acquired in good faith.
The Gardner Heist
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Author : Ulrich Boser
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-02-19
The Gardner Heist written by Ulrich Boser and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-19 with Art categories.
“Boser cracks the cold case of the art world’s greatest unsolved mystery.”— Vanity Fair One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld: the riveting story of the 1990 Gardner Museum robbery, the largest unsolved art theft in history. Perfect for fans of the Netflix series This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist! Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews, and a $5 million reward, not a single painting has been recovered. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become the Holy Grail of the art world and their theft one of the nation’s most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. Art detective Harold Smith worked the theft for years, and after his death, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to pick up where he left off. Traveling deep into the art underworld, Boser explores Smith’s unfinished leads and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including a brilliant rock ‘n’ roll art thief and a golden-boy gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.