Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0007319150 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sleuth is laced with dramas: * Gainsborough's earliest picture emerges in a Los Angeles saleroom - the author has three days to find the missing facts and decide what to pay. CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Paintings and their discovery become a way into the minds, preoccupations and professions of a raft of influential figures beyond the commercial and museum facade - men and women who have shaped their lives in pursuit of truth and profit through art.. Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for twenty years. * The most powerful man in the art establishment, with the influence to elevate a copy into a priceless original, is asked to look at a 'fake' Rembrandt self portrait: if he says yes a GBP5,000 picture turns into GBP5 million masterpiece. Two-dimensional work
"Reviewing can make you hate books - the grim spectre of the copy deadline means that other tasks (cleaning the fridge is popular) can seem attractive compared with just getting on reading the book. Sleuth was different. I could not wait to get back to it" Sunday Telegraph 'timely exciting' Country Life 'a fast-paced and fascinating account of the race to uncover 'lost' treasures' Independent on Sunday 'this absorbing and fast-paced narrative an extremely enjoyable read' British Art Journal 'This is no dry treatise and Mould is a first-class scene setter There is an immediacy to much of the writing, which draws the read
He is also a regular broadcaster, reviewer and writer for the national press. He is the author of the acclaimed Sleepers (released in paperback as The Trail of Lot 163), both published by Fourth Estate. His television work includes writing and presenting the Channel 4 series Changing Faces, co-presenting BBC2's Antiques Show, and as an expert on the ever-popular The Antiques Roadshow (which has a regular audience of almost six
"WARNING: "The Art Detective" under a different title" according to Jonathan DeLoach. The first 5 of the 6 chapters of this book are exactly the same as Philip Mould's "The Art Detective," although the titles of the chapters have also been changed for some reason. This edition is marketed at a British audience (chapter 6 is about contemporary British artist Damien Hirst), whereas "The Art Detective" is for the American market (chapter 6 is about 19th-century American artist Winslow Homer). I really enjoyed "The Art Detective" and was looking forward to another collection of fantastic art discoveries, but this is not it!. Great fun! R Helen I really enjoyed reading this book. The author uses a few fascinating stories from his long career as an art dealer, to explain how great paintings resurface. He goes through the detective work necessary to uncover "lost" works of art, thereby turning a humble painting worth maybe a few thousand, into a masterpiece that can fetch millions. If you have any interest in the art world, it is worth reading this book. I highly recommend it.. SMR said Great story. Well worth the read. Great story. Well worth the read. I learned alot.