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Great Women Collectors
Charlotte Gere
Hardcover - $54.95
Catherine the Great of Russia acquired art voraciously. Cosmetics magnate Helena Rubinstein collected African and Victorian glass. Couturier Coco Chanel amassed an enormous hoard of French eighteenth-century furniture. This fascinating book offers th ...
False Impressions : The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes
Thomas Hoving
Paperback - $39.95
Delving into one of the most sacrosanct areas of culture--fine art collecting--Thomas Hoving presents a gallery of art fakes, fakers, and the suckers who fell for the scams. From the shroud of Turin to pre-Colombian pottery, Hoving reveals the bigges ...
The Intrepid Art Collector : The Beginner's Guide to Finding, Buying, and Appreciating Art on a Budget
Lisa Hunter
Paperback - $21.95
This jargon-free resource is the perfect guide to help novice art collectors navigate the world of galleries, dealers, and auctions to buy original art on a budget.
Collecting Authentic Indian Arts & Crafts : Traditional Work of the Southwest
IACA
Paperback - $26.95
Become an informed collector of southwest Indian arts and crafts. A unique team of American Indian artists and experts explain techniques used to identify authentic Native American silver jewelry, beadwork, quillwork, pottery, rugs, baskets, fetishes ...
Mrs. Tependris : The Contemporary Years
Konstantin Kakanias
Hardcover - $54.95
Mrs. Tependris-the eccentric, dramatic, lovable, and awardwinning brainchild of artist Konstantin Kakanias-is seeking to find greater meaning in her life. In doing so, she becomes obsessed with her personal liberation and the art of creation and, as ...
In Flagrante Collecto : (Caught in the Act of Collecting)
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Hardcover - $88.95
According to author Marilynn Gelfman Karp, collecting is a calling; and those who are driven to collect unloved objects are the purest collectors of all. In this literary and sophisticated celebration of humble objects, Karp shares her passionate ins ...
Collecting Contemporary
Adam Lindemann
Hardcover - $52.95
Like a textbook for a class given by all of the world's leading experts, Collecting Contemporary is the one and only book to teach you everything you ever wanted to know about the contemporary art market.
Oxygen-Free Museum Cases
Shin Maekawa
Paperback - $62.95
One of the challenges in protecting and displaying environmentally sensitive objects is preventing deterioration caused by the presence of oxygen. This volume describes the design and construction of an oxygen-free, hermetically sealed, display and s ...
Life Is Short, Art Is Long : Maximizing Estate Planning Strategies for Collectors of Art, Antiques, and Collectibles
Michael Mendelsohn
Paperback - $37.95