The Great Pretender : A Catalogue of Chaos and Creativity
by
Nick Perry
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1846974704
ISBN-13
9781846974700
Publisher
Birlinn General
Imprint
Birlinn Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 9th, 2019
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
282 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.60 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Forgery, falsification & theft of artworksBiography: generalAntiques & collectablesHumour
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A hilarious and enthralling account of the trading of replica antiques in London''s fine art circles
Give me three years and well be millionaires, Nick challenged his long-suffering family in 1980, when cash was king. Ive got an idea thats going to take us to the top.Tinkering with alchemy in an old stable he shared with a Shire horse, Nick discovered how to create the most convincing antique replicas ever made. He started by selling a few of his netsukes on a market stall at the Birmingham Rag Market and met extraordinary and eccentric people, the risk-taking gamblers with fast tongues. Each had their own money-spinning ideas; you name it, he replicated it for the wheeler-dealers chasing the dream. When Nick and his crew reached the rarefied circles of the London art world he realised he could be dangerously out of his depth.This is the unlikely and often hilarious story of where nothing but enthusiasm and self-belief can take you.
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