Buy this book on-line MOULD, PHILIP: : SLEEPERS: In Search of Lost Old MastersLONDON.FOURTH ESTATE LTD.,1995. ISBN 1857022181.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.
Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top upper and rear lower corners minisculely rubbed,both head+foot
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reciprocal creasing to same.Top+fore-edges
bright and clean;contents bright,tight and
near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-224pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,an introduction,9 chapters,24pp b/w+colour illustrations/paintings,in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp64/5,pp96/7 and pp160/1 respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages anda dedication.
- Could that scruffy little landscape, bought from the boot of a dealer's car, really be a lost Constable?
- What looms behind the darkened varnish and overpaint of this seemingly mediocre portrait? Could it be the ghost of a beautiful Van Dyck or Lawrence,awaiting resurrection?
- Why did the purchaser of a painting for
under £200 at a provincial sale feel hard done by when the painting finally realised
£7 million?
'Sleepers' presents a unique insider's view of the art world.
Philip Mould - a dealer at the forefront of his profession - reveals the exhilarating processes of indentification,
deduction and restoration which can turn a
grubby misattributed 'sleeper' into a major masterpiece.Through gripping real-life stories,Philip Mould brings to life the men and women - professionals and amateurs - who have made these discoveries
both here in the UK and abroad.We follow all the twists and turns of the treasure trail - the extraordinary coincidences, strokes of luck,the dazzling array of sophisticated techniques.
In this absorbing and thrilling book, Philip Mould introduces us to the auctioneers who endeavour to ensure that
'sleepers' are spotted before they come up
for sale,and to the dealers whose job it is to outwit them.With all the insight and
expertise of the consummate player,he describes the high-risk,high-stakes game of art dealing - a game of hair-trigger intuition,of poker nerves and pumping adrenalin,of fierce rivalry and ruthless competition.
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