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Author Watson, Peter, 1943-

Title The Medici conspiracy : the illicit journey of looted antiquities, from Italy's tomb raiders to the world's greatest museums / Peter Watson and Cecilia Todeschini.

Publication Info. New York : BBS PublicAffairs, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  364.162 WAT    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  709 WAT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.2596 W33    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.2 WA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xx, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Prologue on Fifth Avenue -- Sotheby's, Switzerland, smugglers -- Connoisseurs and criminals: the passion for Greek vases -- Corridor 17 -- Forensic archaeology in the Freeport -- The paper trail, the Polaroids, and the "Cordata" -- The Getty: the "Museum of the Tombaroli" -- The Metropolitan in New York and other rogue museums -- "Collectors are real looters" -- The laundries of London and New York -- Phone taps and the great rumor -- The Paris raid on Robert Hecht -- Raids in Zurich and Geneva, arrest and interrogations in Cyprus and Berlin -- Interrogations in Los Angeles and Manhattan -- The puzzle of the "orphans" -- The "Cordata" continues in Egypt, Greece, Israel, and Oxford -- The fall of Robin Symes -- The woodcutter's archive -- The trial of Giacomo Medici -- Trading with Japan, trials in Rome -- Operation eclipse -- Conclusion: 500 million dollars + 100,000 looted tombs - Chippendale's Law -- Epilogue on Fifth Avenue -- Dossier.
Subject Archaeological thefts.
Art thefts.
Added Author Todeschini, Cecilia.
ISBN 1586484028
9781586484026
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