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Forests, fishing & forgery / by Kappes, Tonya,author.(CARDINAL)614270;
It's Labor Day weekend in Normal, and if you know anything about camping and RVing, you know it's one of the busiest times of the year. Unfortunately, Daniel Boone National Park is in danger of being closed due to a drought and local businesses are scrambling for ideas to survive a possible shutdown. Happy Trails Campground is at the center of a murder in which campers as well locals are suspects. It looks likely that a local resident is responsible for the dastardly deed since the victim is the one person who had the power to shut down the national park, which would be devastating to Normal's small businesses. Follow Mae West as she searches for clues to get to the bottom of this Labor Day campground caper!
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Women detectives; Camp sites, facilities, etc.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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False impressions : the hunt for big-time art fakes / by Hoving, Thomas,1931-2009.(CARDINAL)127578;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index.Fakebusters, fakers, and how to tell a fake -- The giddy ancient world -- The shrouded Middle Ages -- Tricks of the Renaissance and Shams of the Baroque -- Victorian shenanigans -- The golden age of fakes--now! -- M<y early experiences -- Young at the game -- A real pro -- Busting Wolfgang -- Fakes by the ton -- If a fake is so good that it fools all the experts, then ... -- Has any faker fooled them all? -- Deep suspicions -- The pseudo-fakebusters -- "Guardi is still alive" -- The "fhaker" with Chutzpah -- The curious spurious Kouros -- Con Brio.The author reviews a long history of art forgeries, reaching back 2000 years to Romans faking works of the ancient Greek masters.
Subjects: Art;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Fatal impressions / by Warga, Wayne.(CARDINAL)181334;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fiction.; Art;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The recognitions / by Gaddis, William,1922-1998.(CARDINAL)519066;
MARCIVE 3/2/12Obsessed with seventeenth-century Flemish masterpieces, Wyatt Gwyon forges original artwork amazingly faithful to the spirit and techniques of the time.
Subjects: Novels.; Art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Frame-up : a novel / by Dobbyn, John F.(CARDINAL)519411;
After graduating from Harvard Law, Michael Knight seeks criminal defense work with trial attorney Lex Devlin, while his closest friend John McKedrick becomes sole associate of a notorious mob lawyer. When John is murdered in a car bombing bearing the signature of his questionable clientele, Michael reluctantly agrees to represent the alleged bomber, and is drawn into a high-stakes art fraud that leads him from the seediest parts of Boston to the sophisticated Amsterdam inner sanctum of international crime.
Subjects: Legal fiction (Literature); Thrillers (Fiction); Art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The art of the faker : three thousand years of deception / by Arnau, Frank,1894-1976,author.(CARDINAL)183612; Brownjohn, John,author.(CARDINAL)346818;
1: The forger's province -- The frontier between genuine and fake -- The lure of forgery -- 2: The forger's methods -- Paintings -- Sculptures -- Printer works -- Objets d'Art -- Ceramics -- Textiles -- Furniture -- The limits of the forger's art -- 3: The forger's interests -- Dossena, the human anachronism -- Thirty van Goghs in search of a painter -- Twentieth-century Vermeers -- Malskat and the turkey -- Through a glass darkly.
Subjects: Art;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Art fraud : 50 fakes that fooled the art world / by Hodge, Susie,1960-author.(CARDINAL)212079;
Includes bibliographical references (page 171) and index.Step inside the astonishing world of art forgery, where masterpieces are faked, fortunes are made, and almost no one is who they seem. Art Fraud reveals the true stories behind some of the greatest scams in art history, where con artists forged their way to fame, fortune or infamy. Discover the motivations and methods of master forgers, from Eric Hebborn's faked Old Masters to Han van Meegeren's deception of the Nazis. Meet eccentric copyists, bitter experts, and insiders who turned against the institutions they once admired. Each chapter tells the story of a different forger, weaving in the investigations that finally unmasked them and the secrets they left behind.
Subjects: Art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The art of Forgery : the minds, motives and methods of master forgers / by Charney, Noah,author.(CARDINAL)336797;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.Introduction: the world wishes to be deceived... -- Genius -- Pride -- Revenge -- Fame -- Crime -- Opportunism -- Money -- Power -- Conclusion: ...so let it be deceived.The Art of Forgery: Case Studies in Deception explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned the public and the art establishment alike.
Subjects: Forgery;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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Athena / by Banville, John.(CARDINAL)348923;
Subjects: Black humor.; Romance fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Painting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Archaeological fakes. / by Rieth, Adolf,1902-1984.(CARDINAL)552134;
Bibliography: pages 181-183.
Subjects: Forgery of antiquities.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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