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James Stephen George Boggs (January 16, 1955 – January 22, 2017) was an American artist, best known for his hand-drawn depictions of banknotes.Due to his pre-Bitcoin philosophical questions about the value of fiat currency, [2] his early interest in creating his own currency, [3] and his contributions to an "encrypted online currency" as early as 2000, [4] Boggs was described by Artnet as ...
Arthur "Art" L. Money is an American engineer, businessman and government official who served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (ASD C3I) from 7 October 1999 to 7 April 2001.
The central premise of Moneyball is that the collective wisdom of baseball insiders (including players, managers, coaches, scouts, and the front office) over the past century is outdated, subjective, and often flawed, and that the statistics traditionally used to gauge players, such as stolen bases, runs batted in, and batting average, are relics of a 19th-century view of the game. [1]
Many valuable paintings have been stolen.The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars.The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; [1] a 2006 book by Simon Houpt, [2] a 2018 book by Noah Charney, [3] and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses.
Arthur J. "Art" Williams Jr. is an American-born artist and former counterfeiter, [1] who counterfeited the 1996 hundred dollar bill, and was subject of the book The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten.
Yves Bouvier. The Bouvier Affair was a number of international lawsuits that started in 2015, and subsequent events. The lawsuits, initiated by Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, [1] allege that Swiss art shipper and dealer Yves Bouvier defrauded him by misrepresenting the original cost of art works and subsequently overcharging them. [2]
A man, who is weighing the jewels and pieces of gold on the table in front of him sits next to his wife who is reading a book of devotion with an illustration of the Virgin and Child. [1]
Art & Crime: Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World is a collection of essays edited by art historian and writer Noah Charney, published in 2009 by Praeger Press.The collection includes essays by professors, lawyers, police, security directors, archaeologists, art historians, and members of the art trade, on the subject of art crime (including theft and forgery) and protection of cultural ...