Possession : the curious history of private collectors from antiquity to the present /
Thompson, Erin L.,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-211) and index.
The powers and perils of the antique: the birth of collecting -- Collecting identities -- "By means of a little castration": restoration and manipulation -- Irresistible forgeries -- The privileges of lovers: erotic connections with antiquities -- Collecting others -- The history of looting and smuggling: and what they destroy -- Collectors' failed justifications for looting and smuggling -- Conclusion: collecting to save the past.
Classical antiquities
Collectors and collecting
Classical antiquities thefts.
Classical antiquities