False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes by Hoving, Thomas - 1996

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 366 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Fakebusters, fakers, and how to tell a fake; The giddy ancient world; The shrouded Middle Ages; Tricks of the Renaissance and Shams of the Baroque; Victorian shenanigans; The golden age of fakes--now!; My early experiences; Young at the game; A real pro; Busting Wolfgang; Fakes by the ton; If a fake is so good that it fools all the experts, then .; Has any faker fooled them all?; Deep suspicions; The pseudo-fakebusters; "Guardi is still alive"; The "fhaker" with Chutzpah; The curious spurious Kouros; Con Brio.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.