The man who invented Aztec crystal skulls : the adventures of Eugène Boban /: the adventures of Eugène Boban. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Adventures of Eugène Boban
• Further Information: Note: Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping.
• Authors: Walsh, Jane MacLaren; Topping, Brett, 1947-
• Contents: Introduction: on the trail of crystal skulls -- Caveat emptor -- Between old world and new -- Mexico: ancient to modern -- Mexico at mid-century -- The Emperor's antiquarian-a collection takes shape -- Confronting a different Paris -- Marketing a collection -- A premier collection -- Narratives of provenance -- The Rue du Sommerard decade -- Of fakes and fakers -- From student to teacher-dealer to curator -- Good deals and bad -- Back in business -- Fingerprints on crystal skulls -- Courting the Smithsonian -- Of fakes, forgers, and frauds -- "El Tocayo's" triumph -- Later life -- Afterlife -- Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 930.1092 B; Archaeologists -- Biography; Crystal skulls -- History; French -- Mexico -- Biography; Mexico -- Antiquities -- Forgeries; Swindlers and swindling -- Biography; Art dealers -- Biography; Archaeology -- Latin America -- Miscellanea; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; HISTORY / Ancient / General; Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting; Archaeologists; Art dealers; Crystal skulls; French; Swindlers and swindling; Latin America -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- History; Latin America; Mexico; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789200966; 1789200962
• Related ISBNs: 9781789200959
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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