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Author Felch, Jason.

Title Chasing Aphrodite : the hunt for looted antiquities at the world's richest museum / Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  930 FELCH    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  930 FELCH    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  930 FEL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.162 FELCH    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  930 FELCH    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  364.1628 FELCH    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  364.1628 FELCH    DUE 11-02-24
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.162 FE    Check Shelf
Description viii, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-361) and index.
Summary Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and frank interviews, Felch and Frammolino give a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum and tell the story of the Getty's dealings in the illegal antiquities trade. Exposes the layer of dirt beneath the polished facade of the museum business.
Subject Classical antiquities -- Destruction and pillage.
Art thefts -- Investigation.
Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Italy.
Cultural property -- Repatriation -- California -- Malibu.
J. Paul Getty Museum -- Corrupt practices.
Added Author Frammolino, Ralph.
ISBN 9780151015016: $28.00
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