FALSE IMPRESSIONS Author: Thomas Hoving
	Book Information Publisher: Simon Schuster Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780684811345 - ISBN-10: 0684811340 Publication Date: 5/7/1996 Pages: 368

Delving into one of the most sacrosanct areas of culture--fine art collecting--Thomas Hoving presents a gallery of art fakes, fakers, and the suckers who fell for the scams. From the shroud of Turin to pre-Colombian pottery, Hoving reveals the biggest, the best, the most embarrassing, and the most costly forgeries in history--many of them unknown until now. photos.