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Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
by Tony Tetro; Giampiero Ambrosi
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0306826488
- ISBN 13
- 9780306826481
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hatchett Books, 2022. Doubled Signed. New. NF/F. Stated First Edition. Stated First printing. Signed by both authors on the half-title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 272 pages. 6 x 9¼" tall.
The art world is a much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro, one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you question every masterpiece you've ever seen in a museum, gallery, or private collection. Tetro's "Rembrandts," "Caravaggios," "Miros," and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the globe. In 2019, it was revealed that Prince Charles received into his collection a Picasso, Dali, Monet, and Chagall, insuring them for over 200 million pounds, only to discover later that they're actually "Tetros." And the kicker? In Tony's words: "Even if some tycoon finds out his Rembrandt is a fake, what's he going to do, turn it in? Now his Rembrandt just became motel art. Better to keep quiet and pass it on to the next guy. It's the way things work for guys like me."
The Prince Charles scandal is the subject of a forthcoming feature documentary with Academy Award nominee Kief Davidson and coauthor Giampiero Ambrosi, in cooperation with Tetro.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4583
- Title
- Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
- Author
- Tony Tetro; Giampiero Ambrosi
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0306826488
- ISBN 13
- 9780306826481
- Publisher
- Hatchett Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 272
- Size
- 6 x 9.25
- Keywords
- true crime, crime, art, memoir, forgery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; First Edition;
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Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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