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The Art of Stealing

Nonfiction books about real cases of art theft, forgery, looting, and disappearance. Done either by individuals, by organizations, or by entire countries (cough cough Britain).

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Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum

Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft

bring back heists

by kystarbucks

31 books

art heists, forging, provenance, art crimes galore!

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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

(Not) a Fake! Books on Art Forgery and ConARTISTS

by schmeeehl

33 books

Holiday obsession turned Pagebound List

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Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger

The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers

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