| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xv, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Early Days : Babe Ruth and Teddy Roosevelt -- Lessons from my father -- What is it worth? -- The gold medal, the top hat, and the martini shaker -- The auction game -- The art of the fake -- The real Ronald Reagan -- The mystery of the Washington survey -- Taking the reins -- The report of the death of Napoleon -- Provenance, or, where's this stuff been hiding? -- Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein -- "I know you think women are the pets of society" -- Thomas Jefferson's library -- The JFK tapes -- The legacy of MLK -- Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears -- Smuggled out of Nazi Germany -- Vein of gold. |
| Summary |
"A work that compellingly draws back the curtain on the activity of finding, authenticating, purchasing, and selling to collectors some of the most significant historical documents and artifacts of the past"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Lost articles -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Barr, Luke, author.
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| ISBN |
9781501198908 (hardcover) : $30.00 |
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1501198904 (hardcover) |
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9781501198915 (paperback) |
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1501198912 (paperback) |
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