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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Prologue: 'New Furniture for Old'; 1 Th e Emperor's New Clothes: Adolph Shrager; 2 'Make Us Rich': Dighton and Co. and the Market for Furniture; 3 'Th e Faker's Bible': Percy MacQuoid, Herbert Cescinsky and the Role of the 'Expert'; 4 'Disputed Fragments': Shrager's Collection of 'Fine Furniture'; 5 'Et tu Brute?' Th e Verdict; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Shrager, Adolph -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Shrager, Adolph. |
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Dighton, B. L. (Basil Lewis) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Dighton, B. L. (Basil Lewis) |
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Trials (Fraud) -- Great Britain.
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Trials (Fraud) |
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Great Britain. |
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Antiques -- Forgeries -- Great Britain.
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Antiques -- Forgeries. |
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Antiques. |
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Furniture -- Purchasing -- Great Britain.
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Furniture -- Purchasing. |
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Furniture. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Moore, Abigail Harrison. Fraud, Fakery and False Business : Rethinking the Shrager versus Dighton 'Old Furniture Case'. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2011 9781441115751 |
| ISBN |
9781441178503 (electronic book) |
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1441178503 (electronic book) |
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1283361604 |
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9781283361606 |
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