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Philip Mould - Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures - 9780007319152 - V9780007319152
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Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures

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Description for Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures Paperback. CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become three-dimensional thrillers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illus, 50 col plates (24pp), (3x8pp plates). BIC Classification: ABQ; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.

CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become three-dimensional thrillers.

Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for twenty years. In Sleuth, we encounter the fascinating dealers, experts, auctioneers and restorers who risk fortunes and reputations to turn overlooked artworks into coveted treasures.

Sleuth is laced with dramas:
• Gainsborough's earliest picture emerges in a Los Angeles saleroom ... Read more

Sleuth is a series of stories which not only reveals the extraordinary culture of detection but the people behind it. Paintings and their discovery become a way into the minds, preoccupations and professions of a raft of influential figures beyond the commercial and museum façade - men and women who have shaped their lives in pursuit of truth and profit through art.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007319152
SKU
V9780007319152
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Philip Mould
Philip Mould OBE is one of the UK's foremost authorities on British art, and is widely consulted by galleries, private collectors and the media. He is the author of the acclaimed Sleepers (released in paperback as The Trail of Lot 163), both published by Fourth Estate. He is also a regular broadcaster, reviewer and writer for the national press. His ... Read more

Reviews for Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures
“Reviewing can make you hate books – the grim spectre of the copy deadline means that other tasks (cleaning the fridge is popular) can seem attractive compared with just getting on reading the book. Sleuth was different. I could not wait to get back to it” Sunday Telegraph ... Read more

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