Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger

Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger

The astonishing true story of Americaâ€™s most accomplished art forger: a kid from New Jersey who became a master, fooling experts and eluding the FBI for thirty years.
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Ten years ago, an FBI investigation in conjunction with the U.S. Attorneyâ€™s Office in the Southern District of New York was about to expose a scandal in the art world that would have been front-page news in New York and London. After a trail of fake paintings of astonishing quality led federal agents to art dealers, renowned experts, and the major auction houses, the investigation inexplicably ended, despite an abundance of evidence collected. The case was closed and the FBI file was marked â€œexempt from public disclosure.â€
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Now that the statute of limitations on these crimes has expired and the case appears hermetically sealed shut by the FBI, this book, Caveat Emptor, is Ken Perenyiâ€™s confession. It is the story, in detail, of how he pulled it all off.
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Glamorous stories of art-world scandal have always captured the public imagination. However, not since Clifford Irvingâ€™s 1969 bestselling Fake has there been a story at all like this one. Caveat Emptor is unique in that it is the first and only book by and about Americaâ€™s first and only great art forger. And unlike other forgers, Perenyi produced no paper trail, no fake provenance whatsoever; he let the paintings speak for themselves. And that they did, routinely mesmerizing the experts in mere seconds.
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In the tradition of Frank Abagnaleâ€™s Catch Me If You Can, and certain to be a bombshell for the major international auction houses and galleries, here is the story of Americaâ€™s greatest art forger.

Country	USA
Author	Ken Perenyi
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781453268650
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Pegasus Books
Manufacturer	Pegasus Books
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2012-08-15
Publisher	Pegasus Books
ReleaseDate	2012-08-15
Studio	Pegasus Books

Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger

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