Unmasking the Forger: The Dossena Deception

Sox, David

Published by Unwin Hyman, London, UK, 1987

About this Item

First edition, first impression. xii, 196pp, with one section of black and white plate illustrations. Black publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth slightly pushed at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original shelf worn dust wrapper, a little bumped along extreme edges. The sensational story of one of the most versatile forgers of all time - Dossena's creations in marble, bronzer and terracotta were in many important institutional collections before he was exposed as a fraud. By the time of his death in 1937, it was estimated that collectors had paid over $3 million for his output, and yet he died a poor man in a charity hospital, and the real villains of the story are the middle-men, the dealers, who were never slow to play shady tricks in a corrupt world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unmasking the Forger: The Dossena Deception
• Publisher: Unwin Hyman, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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