Title Possession : the curious history of private collectors from antiquity to the present / Erin L. Thompson.

Publication Info.	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
	©2016

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Description	vii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-211) and index.
Contents	The powers and perils of the antique: the birth of collecting -- Collecting identities -- "By means of a little castration": restoration and manipulation -- Irresistible forgeries -- The privileges of lovers: erotic connections with antiquities -- Collecting others -- The history of looting and smuggling: and what they destroy -- Collectors' failed justifications for looting and smuggling -- Conclusion: collecting to save the past.
Subject	Classical antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History.
	Collectors and collecting -- Psychological aspects.
	Classical antiquities thefts.
	Classical antiquities -- Forgeries.
	Classical antiquities -- Collectors and collecting. (OCoLC)fst00863447
	Classical antiquities -- Forgeries. (OCoLC)fst00863453
	Classical antiquities thefts. (OCoLC)fst00863464
	Collectors and collecting -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00867610
	Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
	(DE-601)105822957 (DE-588)4114333-4 Kunst.
	(DE-601)106176838 (DE-588)4051494-8 Sammeln.
	(DE-601)105435732 (DE-588)4166042-0 Kunstsammler.
	(DE-601)106317768 (DE-588)4020517-4 Geschichte.
	(DE-601)105674702 (DE-588)4134168-5 Kunstraub.
	(DE-601)105435821 (DE-588)4166027-4 Kunstfälschung.
	(DE-601)105330620 (DE-588)4179825-9 Schmuggel.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	0300208529 (alk. paper)
	9780300208528 (alk. paper)

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