10 Stylish Crimes

On the gentlemanly art of stealing beauty.
It's funny what a beautiful word felony is; fittingly, it also describes the flagrant thefts and audacious frauds that infiltrate the worlds of art, precious gems, and other rarified treasures. From master forgeries to jewel heists to shadowy black-market exchanges, these highbrow crimes are no less thrilling for being “gentlemanly” and bloodless (well, usually!). —Kat, Audible Editor
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  • Provenance Audiolibro Por Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo arte de portada

    • Provenance

    • How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
    • De: Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo
    • Narrado por: Marty Peterson
    • Duración: 8 h y 59 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-31-09
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 568 calificaciones
    • The Great Art Swindle
    • Stories about scammers and con artists are enjoying a resurgence of late, but the tale of John Drewe has to be one of the most outlandish. Commissioning works in the style of masters including Chagall, Le Corbusier, and Matisse from a British painter in need of money, Drewe then sold the forgeries to the world's most reputable auction houses, earning millions of dollars. This fast-paced account of the 20th century's biggest art fraud listens like a thriller—but it's all true.
  • The Feather Thief Audiolibro Por Kirk Wallace Johnson arte de portada

    • The Feather Thief

    • Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
    • De: Kirk Wallace Johnson
    • Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
    • Duración: 8 h y 4 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-24-18
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,962 calificaciones
    • Why Would Anyone Steal Bird Feathers?
    • In 2009, a young flutist named Edwin Rist robbed a British museum of hundreds of exotic bird skins, many of which had been collected by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the 19th century. Turns out, the feathers fetch high prices from collectors who use them in the extremely niche hobby of salmon fly-tying, turning them more into esoteric artworks than the usual fish bait. Full of fascinating twists, this true crime listen is definitely not for the birds.
  • Flawless Audiolibro Por Scott Selby, Greg Campbell arte de portada

    • Flawless

    • Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History
    • De: Scott Selby, Greg Campbell
    • Narrado por: Don Hagen
    • Duración: 10 h y 12 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-19-10
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 534 calificaciones
    • A Dazzling Jewel Heist Thriller
    • If you're interested in the shadowy side of the world's most coveted gems, look no further than this expose on the group of thieves who brazenly infiltrated the supposedly theft-proof Antwerp Diamond Center to steal more than $100 million of loot. Zeroing in on the "how" of the crime, this masterfully paced thriller ferrets out the true story behind one of the most daring heists in history.
  • The Art Forger Audiolibro Por B. A. Shapiro arte de portada

    • The Art Forger

    • De: B. A. Shapiro
    • Narrado por: Xe Sands
    • Duración: 10 h
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 10-23-12
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3,734 calificaciones
    • A Fictional Spin on a Real Life Heist
    • The largest unsolved art heist in history involved the theft of 13 works of art, worth more than $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. That true story is the premise for this twisty, accomplished novel about a struggling young artist who gets pulled into the intrigue by a pact with a powerful gallery owner to forge a masterpiece by Degas. (For a nonfiction account of the Gardner heist, check out Master Thieves.)
  • The Dragon Behind the Glass Audiolibro Por Emily Voigt arte de portada

    • The Dragon Behind the Glass

    • A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish
    • De: Emily Voigt
    • Narrado por: Xe Sands
    • Duración: 7 h y 58 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 05-24-16
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 275 calificaciones
    • A Fish Called Arowana
    • The idea of a shady tycoon with a priceless tropical fish brings me right into Naked Gun territory, but the Asian arowana is real, though you definitely won't find one at your local PetSmart. A single arowana can cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the breed is illegal to bring into the US—so of course there's a thriving black market for the prized specimens. Part natural history, part true crime, stellar reporting makes this especially compelling.
  • Headhunters Audiolibro Por Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett arte de portada

    • Headhunters

    • De: Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett
    • Narrado por: Steve West
    • Duración: 9 h y 1 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 10-11-11
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 749 calificaciones
    • Riveting Gallery Caper, Nesbø Style
    • If you're looking to nurse your Harry Hole hangover with some hair of the dog, pick up Nesbø's dark, twisty caper about a headhunter who steals a Peter Paul Rubens painting from an enigmatic executive. Sophisticated and addictive, this Nordic noir take on art theft (think Fargo meets Reservoir Dogs meets The Thomas Crown Affair) builds with a seductive slow burn—and even sultrier narration.
  • The Orchid Thief Audiolibro Por Susan Orlean arte de portada

    • The Orchid Thief

    • A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
    • De: Susan Orlean
    • Narrado por: Jennifer Meyers
    • Duración: 8 h y 45 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-03-01
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 584 calificaciones
    • The Blooming of an Obsession
    • Susan Orlean’s jaw-dropping account of the strange, shadowy world of the flower-selling underground is now a classic of modern journalism, brought to life in the Spike Jonze film Adaptation. Orlean follows a charismatic poacher named John Laroche in his quest to clone a rare “ghost” orchid for passion and profit. The prose and story are elegant and eccentric, just like the exotic orchid itself.
  • In Vino Duplicitas Audiolibro Por Peter Hellman arte de portada

    • In Vino Duplicitas

    • The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
    • De: Peter Hellman
    • Narrado por: Charles Constant
    • Duración: 8 h y 26 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-15-17
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 164 calificaciones
    • The Biggest Con in Fine Wine
    • I'll cop to having been skeptical about the highfalutin palates of fine wine connoisseurs, till I witnessed some impressive blind tastings—and sampled the goods myself. But a little doubt would have served the billionaire dupes of Rudy Kurniawan, whose cellar was touted as one of the greatest of all time. In fact, its stock was completely fake, but it would take a band of passionate oenophiles, a journalist, and the FBI to pop the cork on a spectacular fraud.
  • The Vanishing Velázquez Audiolibro Por Laura Cumming arte de portada

    • The Vanishing Velázquez

    • A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
    • De: Laura Cumming
    • Narrado por: Siobhan Redmond
    • Duración: 10 h y 16 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-12-16
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 156 calificaciones
    • The Madness and the Masterpiece
    • Seeing Las Meninas in real life is at the very top of my art bucket list, but my love of Velázquez doesn’t come close to that of an English bookseller named John Snare. In 1849, he bought a portrait attributed to the painter Van Dyck, but Snare was certain it was a Velázquez—and enamored by it to the point of his own ruin. Laura Cumming’s spellbinding tale is equal parts art history, biography, and cold-case mystery, but at heart it’s an examination of art obsession.
  • Priceless Audiolibro Por Robert K. Wittman, John Shiffman arte de portada

    • Priceless

    • How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
    • De: Robert K. Wittman, John Shiffman
    • Narrado por: Mark Deakins
    • Duración: 9 h y 31 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 06-01-10
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 588 calificaciones
    • His Superpower Is Rescuing Art
    • The founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, Robert Wittman is arguably the world's most famous stolen-treasure detective, having rescued paintings by Rembrandt and Picasso, an original copy of the Bill of Rights, a Rodin sculpture, and a headdress worn by Geronimo. His compelling memoir examines his globetrotting, often undercover, escapades as well as meditations on art and what it means to be "priceless," anyway.
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