[PDF.91nc] The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy

The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy

[PDF.gw94] The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy

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 | #3856568 in Books |  2010-07-01 |  2010-06-29 | Format: Bargain Price | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.81 x5.31l, | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A story of looted antiquities and how Italian authorities recovered them.|By Matthew Rapaport|The first half of this book is a narrative tale of post world-war II tomb robbing in Italy. In particular it is the story of a particular team of tomb robbers and the various antiquities dealers and museum curators who moved the stolen loot around in and out of various collections. It|From Publishers Weekly|Focusing on a piece by the renowned ancient Greek vase painter and potter Euphronios, archeologist and journalist Silver presents a captivating tale of ancient art as a modern hot commodity. Euphoronius' "lost" kylix (chalice) mysteriously

Sotheby's. New York City. On a warm June evening, with the auction-house showroom crammed with the wealthy, the curious, and the press, history was made when an anonymous man in a green golf sweater paid three quarters of a million dollars to win a 2,500-year-old chalice—the Greek artist Euphronios's wine cup depicting the death of Zeus's son Sarpedon at Troy. After that night, this historical artifact disappeared, its whereabouts a mystery. Until now. <...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy   |  Vernon Silver. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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