01837cam a2200313 i 4500 295998822 TxAuBib 20100803120000.0 091201s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009049083 9780307461476 0307461475 eng rda TxAuBib rda Wittman, Robert K. Priceless [BOOK] : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures / Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman. How I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures. First edition. New York : Crown Publishers, 2010. viii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Alla prima. Stagehand -- Crimes against history -- Provenance. Making of an agent -- Mask of the man with the broken nose -- The accident -- Inspiration -- A new life -- Body of work. The gold man -- History out the back door -- A blood cloth -- Befriend& betray -- The con artist -- A hot hand -- The property of a lady -- National treasure -- Art crime team -- The old master -- Operation masterpiece. Mrs. Gardner -- Cold case -- A French connection -- Laurenz & Sunny -- Allies & enemies --- A coward has no scar -- Suspicious minds -- End game. The creator of the FBI's Art Crime Team recounts his dramatic career, describing high-stakes undercover missions involving valuable stolen antiquities, in an account that covers his role in a famous unsolved crime. 1050L Lexile. 20100824. Wittman, Robert K. Art thefts Investigation.