{"product_id":"russian-art-and-american-money-1900-1940","title":"Russian Art and American Money, 1900-1940","description":"vi, [4], 309, [1] pp. 8vo. \"... a tale of sharp traders, con men, art collectors, and anxious commissars woven into a fascinating pattern of culture exchange: the Russian government's sale of millions of dollars worth of art to wealthy Americans in the early twentieth century. The colorful group included millionaire art collectors Andrew Mellon and Ambassador Joseph E. Davies; promoter Christian Brinton; artist, con man, and mystic Nicholas Roerich; entrepreneur Dr. Armand Hammer; and Commissar of Foreign Trade Anastas Mikoyan. They had little in common, except that in various ways they facilitated the transfer to America of a priceless heritage of European art, including works by Titian, Raphael, and Rembrandt, for a fraction of their current value... In a short space of ten years they sold off the Romanov art treasures, mostly at bargain prices.\"","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20657600987206,"sku":"2286005","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2286005.jpg?v=1571426622","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/russian-art-and-american-money-1900-1940","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}