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Forgeries, fingerprints, and forensics : the science of crime / by Parker, Janice.(CARDINAL)635685;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.A basic introduction to the many ways in which police and detectives use science to fight crime, discussing video surveillance, burglar alarms, ballistics, autopsies, handwriting analysis, and other methods.IG960LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Forensic sciences; Criminal investigation; Crime prevention;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Forgeries, fakes and reproductions : a handbook for the art dealer and collector. by Savage, George,1909-1982.(CARDINAL)144184;
Bibliography: pages 287-298.
Subjects: Art; Collectors and collecting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The absinthe forger : a true story of deception, betrayal, and the world's most dangerous spirit / by Rail, Evan,1972-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293).Le Forgeur -- Invitation to the Fraud -- A Very Particular Spirit -- Les Années Vertes -- The Homeland of Absinthe -- The Absinthe Underground -- The Palazzo Cache -- Remaking History -- Les Collectionneurs -- Seeds of Doubt -- A Simple Taste -- Un Catalogue Raisonné -- Forgers of Alcohol -- J'Accuse! -- The Science of Fraud -- À Londres."An astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintagle bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegases, absinte...,"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Absinthe; Absinthe;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Counterfeit! : Stopping fakes and forgeries / by Spilsbury, Richard.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.Making fakes -- Money under the spotlight -- Making safer bills -- Copying coins -- Dangerous counterfeits -- Fake luxuries -- Pirate copies -- Suspicious spares -- Looking closely at art -- Foiling a forger -- Revising history -- Investigating the Shroud of Turin -- Identity crimes -- In the field : Careers in forensics."Learn how forensics solves the mystery of counterfeit and forged objects, from fake money to false Vermeers"--Provided by publisher.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Forgery; Fraud;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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That left turn at Albuquerque / by Phillips, Scott,1961-author.(CARDINAL)433311;
"Douglas Rigby, attorney-at-law, is bankrupt. He's just sunk his last $200,000-a clandestine "loan" from his last remaining client, former bigshot TV exec Glenn Haskill-into a cocaine deal gone wrong. The lesson? Never trust anyone else with the dirty work. Desperate to get back on top, Rigby formulates an art forgery scheme involving one of Glenn's priceless paintings, a victimless crime. But for Rigby to pull this one off, he'll need to negotiate a whole cast of players with their own agendas, including his wife, his mistress, an embittered art forger, Glenn's resentful nurse, and the man's money-hungry nephew. One misstep, and it all falls apart-will he be able to save his skin? Written with hard-knock sensibility and wicked humor, Scott Phillips's newest novel will cement Phillips as one of the great crime writers of the 21st century"--
Subjects: Gangster fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Noir fiction.; Novels.; Art;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Changing shadows / by Herman, Philip M.,author.(CARDINAL)805681;
Charlotte Bradford is a beautiful heiress who works at her father's prestigious art gallery. For Charlotte and her police detective boyfriend, Jason Talbot, an unexpected note from a distant aunt soon has them entangled in a decades-old family mystery. From an aristocrat's stately home in Hitler's Berlin to a decaying Virginia mansion, what hangs on the walls, or perhaps even behind them, might just turn out to be a case of murder-- Publisher description.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Art; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Authenticity in art : the scientific detection of forgery / by Fleming, Stuart J.(Stuart James),1943-(CARDINAL)121720; Goudsmit, Samuel A.(Samuel Abraham),1902-1978,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)856622;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.
Subjects: Art; Art;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The art of the con : the most notorious fakes, frauds, and forgeries in the art world / by Amore, Anthony M.(CARDINAL)305632;
Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index.The forger -- The broker -- The art Ponzi scheme -- The trusting artist -- The inheritor -- The captor -- The double dealer -- The bait and switch -- The printmaker -- The telescam -- The Internet."Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons perpetrated by unscrupulous art dealers and their accomplices are proportionately elaborate. The Art of the Con tells the stories of some of history's most notorious yet untold cons. They involve stolen art hidden for decades; elaborate ruses that involve the Nazis and allegedly plundered art; the theft of a conceptual prototype from a well-known artist by his assistant to be used later to create copies; the use of online and television auction sites to scam buyers out of millions; and other confidence scams incredible not only for their boldness but more so because they actually worked. Using interviews and newly released court documents, The Art of the Con will also take the reader into the investigations that led to the capture of the con men, who oftentimes return back to the world of crime. For some, it's an irresistible urge because their innocent dupes all share something in common: they want to believe"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Art thefts.; Art;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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The scientist and the forger : probing a turbulent art world / by Ragai, Jehane,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Art; Painting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Forgery and counterforgery : the use of literary deceit in early Christian polemics / by Ehrman, Bart D.(CARDINAL)351424;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-574) and indexes.A comprehensive study of early Christian pseudepigrapha. Ehrman argues that ancient critics-- pagan, Jewish, and Christian-- understood false authorial claims to be a form of literary deceit, and thus forgeries. Ehrman considers the extent of the phenomenon, assesses the criteria ancient critics applied to expose forgeries and the techniques forgers used to avoid detection. Shining light on an important but overlooked feature of the early Christian world, Ehrman explores the possible motivations of the deceivers who produced these writings, situating their practice within ancient Christian discourses on lying and deceit.
Subjects: Christian literature, Early; Literary forgeries and mystifications.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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