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008			120330s2010 nyuaf 000 0 eng
010			_a2009049083
020			_a9780307461483
050	0	0	_aN8795.5.W58 _bW58 2010
082	0	0	_a364.16 WIT
100	1		_aWittman, Robert K.
245	1	0	_aPriceless _b: how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures _c/ Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman
246	3	0	_aHow I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures
250			_a1st paperback ed
260			_aNew York _b: Broadway Paperbacks _c, c2010.
300			_aviii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates _b: ill. (chiefly col.) _c; 21 cm.
505	0		_aAlla 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.
520			_aThe 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.
600	1	0	_aWittman, Robert K.
650		0	_aArt thefts _x--Investigation
942			_cMO
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