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Art of the Con

EXCERPT: CAPTAIN SWORD AND THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN ART FRAUD

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 26, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction

Capt. Sword boarded the Connecticut, with his George Washington in tow. However, his destination was not Virginia—it was the Far East.

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Anthony Amore, Art of the Con, books, Captain Sword, Christ and the Adulteress, Gardner Heist, George Washington, Gestapo, history, stolen art, Vermeer

Q&A WITH ‘ART OF THE CON’ AUTHOR ANTHONY M. AMORE: FAKES, FRAUDS, AND FORGERIES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 26, 2015 Filed Under: A+E

I consider myself an investigator first, and I like to think I am an old-fashioned sleuth because my mentors have been retired agents and detectives who put emphasis on expending shoe-leather

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: Anthony M. Amore, Art of the Con, Book, Fakes, Forgeries, Frauds, Gardner Museum Heist, Interview, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Massachusetts, State House, Stealing Rembrandts, Vermeer

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