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In 1922, Adolphe Shrager having made his fortune during the First World War, approached the London dealer Basil Dighton for advice on purchasing antique furniture. Dighton sold him about five hundred items but shortly afterwards Shrager discovered that one of his 'collector's pieces' was judged to be a fake and grossly over-priced, and he sued. The trial, held in early 1923, became a cause celebre, but it can be viewed as a case study of a much wider set of social and cultural concerns: the fact that Shrager lost both the first trial and the appeal, despite demonstrating on numerous occasions that he had a clear case against Dighton, raises questions of race, prejudice and class, where the establishment closed ranks against Shrager, the nouveau riche Jew and alleged war profiteer. This book - the first on the Shrager Dighton case - is the result of the author's original archival research.

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Title Fraud, Fakery and False Business
Author Abigail Harrison Moore
Binding Hardback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 240
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date 2011-11-10
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781441115751 / 1441115757
Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: British
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects Shrager, Adolph - Trials, litigation, etc, Dighton, B. L - Trials, litigation, etc
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011293939
Dewey Decimal Code 345.420

About the author

Abigail Harrison Moore is the Deputy Head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, where she is also programme director for the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies.

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New York, NY, USA: Continuum Books, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. None. 224pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight.

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