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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xv, 696 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This ambitious book tells the story of the great social and political catastrophe that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945--a period of almost continuous upheaval, with two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the Third Reich. Historian Gellately argues that these tragedies are inextricably linked and that to consider them as discrete events is to misunderstand their genesis and character. Central to the catastrophe, of course,...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
x, 268 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In early 2005, Richard Polsky decided to put his much-loved, hard-won Warhol Fright Wig, up for auction at Christie's. The market for contemporary art was robust and he was hoping to turn a profit. His instinct seemed to be on target: his picture sold for $375,000. But if only Polsky had waited . . . Over the next two years, prices soared to unimaginable heights with multimillion-dollar deals that became the norm and not the exception. Buyers and...
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