Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present by Erin Thompson

Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present

Erin Thompson

232 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
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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...

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