Wittman, Robert K. <br/><br/>
Priceless  : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures 
 How I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures 
/ Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman 
 - 1st paperback ed 
 - New York  : Broadway Paperbacks  , c2010. 
 - viii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates  : ill. (chiefly col.)  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Alla prima. Stagehand -- Crimes against history -- Provenance. Making of an agent -- Mask of the man with the broken nose -- The accident -- Inspiration -- A new life -- Body of work. The gold man -- History out the back door -- A blood cloth -- Befriend & betray -- The con artist -- A hot hand -- The property of a lady -- National treasure -- Art crime team -- The old master -- Operation masterpiece. Mrs. Gardner -- Cold case -- A French connection --  Laurenz & Sunny --  Allies & enemies --- A coward has no scar -- Suspicious minds -- End game. 
<br/><br/> The world's top art sleuuth Robert Wittman, built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary.  He went undercover to catch art thieves, scammers, and black-market traders around the world, rescuing some of history's greatest treasures.  By the FBI's accounting, these high-stakes gambits saved hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of masterpieces and rare historic artifacts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307461483 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009049083 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wittman, Robert K.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art thefts----Investigation
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N8795.5.W58  / W58 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.16 WIT