Materiality & Value of Art In Flux
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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
by:
Lynn H. Nicholas
3.93 avg rating — 7,697 ratings 2. 
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by:
Robert M. Edsel
3.80 avg rating — 51,857 ratings 3. 
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
by:
Don Thompson
3.87 avg rating — 5,930 ratings 4. 
I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger
by:
Frank Wynne
3.90 avg rating — 1,591 ratings 
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Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures 3.83 avg rating — 10,209 ratings
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by:
Laney Salisbury
3.92 avg rating — 6,613 ratings 
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Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art
by:
Joshua Knelman
3.84 avg rating — 556 ratings 11. 
Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by:
Thomas Hoving
3.85 avg rating — 1,055 ratings 12. 
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The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
by:
Peter Watson
3.85 avg rating — 770 ratings 15. 
Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market
by:
Noah Horowitz
3.61 avg rating — 87 ratings 16. 
Art and Crime: Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World
by:
Noah Charney
3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings 17. 
The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers
by:
Noah Charney
3.95 avg rating — 699 ratings 18. 
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
by:
Edward Dolnick
3.88 avg rating — 4,987 ratings 
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The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by:
Anthony M. Amore
3.54 avg rating — 1,174 ratings 
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Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum
by:
Jason Felch
4.05 avg rating — 2,116 ratings 26. 
Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
by:
Noah Charney
3.80 avg rating — 995 ratings 27. 
The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures
by:
Philip Mould
3.75 avg rating — 1,561 ratings 
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Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft, and the Quest for Justice
by:
Melissa Müller
4.12 avg rating — 120 ratings 30. 
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
by:
Ulrich Boser
3.69 avg rating — 7,450 ratings 30. 
The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II 3.77 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
by:
Simon Garfield
3.67 avg rating — 1,876 ratings 
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
by:
Jonathan Lopez
3.77 avg rating — 8,542 ratings 35. 
The Deceivers: Art Forgery and Identity in the Nineteenth Century
by:
Aviva Briefel
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 35. 
Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II
by:
Gerri Chanel
4.06 avg rating — 532 ratings 
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Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts
by:
John Barelli
3.37 avg rating — 616 ratings 39. 
Plundering Beauty: A History of Art Crime during War
by:
Arthur Tompkins
3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings 40. 
Hitler's Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich
by:
Mary M. Lane
3.81 avg rating — 199 ratings 41. 
The Work of Art in the World: Civic Agency and Public Humanities
by:
Doris Sommer
3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings 42. 
The Supermodel and the Brillo Box: Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art
by:
Don Thompson
3.86 avg rating — 279 ratings 43. 
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else
by:
David Balzer
3.60 avg rating — 351 ratings 44. 
Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
by:
Roger Atwood
3.84 avg rating — 348 ratings