Stolen Masterpiece Tracker

by McShane, Thomas; Matera, Dary

• ISBN13: 9781569803141
• ISBN10: 1569803145
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-04
• Publisher: Barricade Books

Summary

Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the world's foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts. His expertise and indefatigable determination prompted FBI Director William H. Webster to name McShane as the Senior Investigator of the FBI's expanding Art Squad.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	VII
AUTHOR'S NOTE	IX
INTRODUCTION	XI
1 THE CURSE OF REMBRANDT'S RABBI PART ONE	1	(14)
2 THE CURSE OF REMBRANDT'S RABBI PART TWO: SHUFFLING OFF TO BUFFALO	15	(19)
3 A RUBENS PICKUP IN PEEKSKILL AND POUGHKEEPSIE BECOMES THE PRECURSOR TO ABSCAM	34	(16)
4 PICASSO'S $100 MILLION PURPLE REIGN	50	(9)
5 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING FOR TINTORETTO	59	(10)
6 PICASSO CHECKS INTO THE MOTEL MONET	69	(12)
7 RUBENS SPRING BREAKOUT IN FORT LAUDERDALE	81	(15)
8 A BIG DOG, GRANDMA MOSES, AND VAN GOGH AT THE GAS STATION	96	(20)
9 THE BOSTON MUSEUM MASSACRE	116	(16)
10 THE PEEVED PEPPERDINE PROFESSOR DOESN'T HIT THE JACKPOT	132	(13)
11 THE GUNSLINGERS TAKE THE GUNSLINGER	145	(12)
12 COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, REMINGTON, RUSSELL, AND WYETH	157	(11)
13 AND AWAY THEY GO	168	(19)
14 THE CASE OF THE VANISHING VIRGIN	187	(19)
15 BEN-HUR HITS THE SWEDISH EMBASSY	206	(17)
16 BOUGUEREAU AT THE BORGHI	223	(11)
17 JOHN GOTTI'S HENCHMEN STRIKE OUT WITH PICASSO'S MISTRESS	234	(15)
18 NO BOSTON TEA PARTY AT ISABELLA'S	249	(18)
EPILOGUE	267	(10)
INDEX	277