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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A riveting account of private art collectors' passion from Roman times to the present 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 comm...

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