Henry James
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English
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Contents: Remaking a reliquary for £30,000. The Prince Who Lost His Tapestries. The Tragedy of the Jabach Vases. The Fatal Plate of Bernard Palissy. The Titled Kleptomaniac. The Maddest Collector I Have Ever Known. The Blackmailing of an Expert. How Pierpont Morgan Bought 'Mistakes'. How a V.C. Earned a Royal Snuff Box. A Love-Intrigue That Ruined an Art Dealer. How a 'Twenty Million Widow' Lost Me £27,000. The Secret of Napoleon II's Casket. The...
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English
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This book provides an exciting portrayal of the history of the Duveen family in the art business up to 1939. "THOUGH MANY REASONS have contributed to impel me to write this hook, the chief one is the memory of my uncle Joel Joseph Duveen. On the death of my father at the untimely age of twenty-nine, when I was four years old, my uncle was appointed my guardian by the Dutch court. He took a constant interest in me as I grew up; and, seeing how much...