"There is something in art that corrupts even honorable men."
- Sophy Burnham.
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The 315 page non-fiction book "The Unscrupulous" blows the lid off of the secret, snobbish, and, yes, sexy world of art.
The carefully researched book, which was five years in the making,
concentrates on paintings, sculpture, and antiquities in chapters that
feature Unscrupulous Artists, Unscrupulous Dealers, Unscrupulous
Auction Houses, Unscrupulous Collectors, and Unscrupulous Museums.
There is even an Unscrupulous King of each category.
Additionally, the difficulty of authentication of fine art
commands its own chapter; three art cons that will probably never be
topped are detailed; curator of the Queen's paintings and soviet spy
Anthony Blunt is Unscrupulous Cubed; and Philip Anschutz is exposed as
the Unscrupulous Emperor for endangering 255 years of world-wide museum
going as we know it.
The trade paperback is published by Bordighera Press. The ISBN
Number is 978-1-59954-003-0, and the book can be purchased from Amazon
and Barnes & Noble.
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