The Plundered Past: The Story of the Illegal International Traffic in Works of Art

353 pp. CONTENTS: AFTER CORTES; The Profits of Art; Maya Mask; Winged Temple; Vanishing Glyphs; Fourth Codex; A Question of Law; SAILING FROM BYZANTIUM; Migration of Art; Mutable Collection; Washington Treasure; The Boston Treasure; New York Treasure; More Treasures; A Question of Values; SEE ITALY QUICKLY: The Slums of Art; The Million-Dollar Pot; The Boston Raphael; The Fake Factory; A Question of Money; THE SHERD TRADE: The Selling of the Past; The Second-Oldest Profession; Middlemen and Police; The Web of Influence; The End of the Game?; WHOSE PAST?: Lord Byron's Curse; The Nationalist Past; The Collector's Past; The Museum Past; The Devouring Bulldozer; A Danger List; Humanity's Past; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.