The Art of the Con The Most Notoriou..., Anthony M. Amore
The Art of the Con The Most Notoriou..., Anthony M. Amore
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The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

Author: Anthony M. Amore

Narrator: Michael Johnson

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Novel Audio

Published: 03/21/2017


Synopsis

Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons perpetrated by unscrupulous art dealers and their accomplices are proportionately elaborate.

Anthony M. Amore's The Art of the Con tells the stories of some of history's most notorious yet untold cons. They involve stolen art hidden for decades; elaborate ruses that involve the Nazis and allegedly plundered art; the theft of a conceptual prototype from a well-known artist by his assistant to be used later to create copies; the use of online and television auction sites to scam buyers out of millions; and other confidence scams incredible not only for their boldness but more so because they actually worked. Using interviews and newly released court documents, The Art of the Con will also take the reader into the investigations that led to the capture of the con men, who oftentimes return back to the world of crime. For some, it's an irresistible urge because their innocent dupes all share something in common: they want to believe.

About Anthony M. Amore

Anthony M. Amore is the head of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and contributes to the Boston Herald and the Huffington Post. He is coauthor of Stealing Rembrandts. He serves as trustee of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art and lectures widely on art crime.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ms.pegasus on November 15, 2015

Art fraud is certainly not new. Michelangelo profited early in his career from forging antiquities. Today, experts trained not only in art but also in scientific technologies and historical research are available to fight fraud. IFAR (the International Foundation for Art Research) conducts authentic......more

Goodreads review by Lance on February 05, 2016

The day after humans invented money, someone came up with a con to take it away from the greedy and the gullible. The day after art came off cave walls and became portable, someone figured out how to fake it, steal it, or otherwise convert it into ready cash. Which continues to this day. Anthony Amor......more

Goodreads review by Christine on July 11, 2015

* I received this ebook at no charge from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review * “Indeed, while the art of art theft is said to be in the selling of the art, not the thievery, the art of the art scams is in the backstory, not in the picture itself.” Mr. Amore begins his book with the story of Jo......more

Goodreads review by Sotiris on November 07, 2018

Funny book, some of those cone artists produced better copies than the originals. Rather fascinating stories of fakes, frauds, forgeries. Even art has its criminality and can reach Nobel or oscar level.......more

Goodreads review by Cara on January 15, 2023

Interesting review of cases......more