What led me to this book was the book description itself … “Ten years ago, an FBI investigation in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York was about to expose a scandal in the art world that would have been front–page news in New York and London. After a trai...
This started pretty good, but I found myself hating the author more and more as the book progressed. Toward the last third of the book, I was skimming more than I was reading, and finding myself calling the author a scumbag in my head more and more often.As an art lover, I thought this would be int...
One of the most interesting parts of this book was the detailed information on the techniques of producing aging effects, fly spots, and staining or dirty varnish. It was fascinating to ride along as the author tried this or that to mimic certain traits of various artists. His appreciation of the va...
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