UID:
edocfu_9959231910302883
Format:
1 online resource (241 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-36160-4
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9786613361608
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1-4411-7850-3
Content:
In 1922, Adolphe Shrager having made his fortune during the First World War, approached the London dealer Basil Dighton for advice on purchasing antique furniture. Dighton sold him about five hundred items but shortly afterwards Shrager discovered that one of his 'collector's pieces' was judged to be a fake and grossly over-priced, and he sued. The trial, held in early 1923, became a cause celebre, but it can be viewed as a case study of a much wider set of social and cultural concerns: the fact that Shrager lost both the first trial and the appeal, despite demonstrating on numerous occasions
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The emperor's new clothes : Adolph Shrager -- 'Make us rich' : Dighton and Co. and the market for furniture -- 'The Faker's bible' : Percy MacQuoid, Herbert Cescinsky and the role of the 'expert' -- 'Disputed fragments' : Shrager's collection of 'fine furniture' -- 'Et tu brute?' the verdict.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4411-1575-7
Language:
English
