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Book Review

A Classical Archaeologist’s Life: The Story so Far by John Boardman [Review]

Posted on 30 March 2021

“The Silence of Scholars”: A guest review by Erin L. Thompson

Book Review

The Sarpedon Krater: The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase by Nigel Spivey [Review]

Posted on 14 November 2020

The infamous ‘hot pot’ is more than just a crime victim

Book Review

Caravaggio’s Cardsharps on Trial by Richard E. Spear [REVIEW]

Posted on 3 November 2020

An art historian’s inside reaction to an art court case

Book Review

The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs

Posted on 27 October 2020

Fungus crime, art crime, same same?

Book Review

The Dorak Affair by Kenneth Pearson & Patricia Connor [REVIEW]

Posted on 14 October 2020

Over 50 years old and still a useful and interesting read

Book Review

Random Treasure: Antiques, Auctions and Alchemy by Roger Stewart [REVIEW]

Posted on 6 October 2020

Delightful book about the antiques market experience by a random collector

Book Review

The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore

Posted on 26 September 2020

Art thieves are almost never women, she’s is the fascinating exception

Book Review

The Book Thieves by Anders Rydell [Review]

Posted on 20 September 2020

Not everyone owned paintings, but everyone owned books…and they were looted by the Nazis

Book Review

Landscape with Smokestacks: The Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas by Howard J. Trienens [REVIEW]

Posted on 13 September 2020

Art restitution case that was never made

Paper Review

Discerning Sources of Supply within the Human Remains Trade via Patterns of Visual Dissimilarity & Computer Vision, by Graham et al.

Posted on 9 September 2020

Where do skulls sold online come from?

Book Review

Art Forgery: The Case of the Lady of Elche by John F. Moffitt [REVIEW]

Posted on 5 September 2020

I’m not sure how the author made this case boring, but yawn

Book Review

The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis [Review]

Posted on 29 August 2020

A controversial painting and everything weird in the art market

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