SLEUTH: THE AMAZING QUEST FOR LOST ART TREASURES (PB)

Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for twenty years. In this book we encounter the fascinating dealers, experts, auctioneers and restorers who risk fortunes and reputations to turn overlooked artworks into coveted treasures. Paintings and their discovery become a way into the minds, preoccupations and professions of a raft of influential figures beyond the commercial and museum façade - men and women who have shaped their lives in pursuit of truth and profit through art.