The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson Forgeries -by Jon S Dellandrea -a Signed Copy ( William Firth MacGregor related)( artist Forgers / True Crime )

Fredericton, New Brunswick: Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2022, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2022. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, no dustjacket as issued, 189 + 3 pages, photos throughout, ---a fascinating story of art fraud on a large scale, ---"In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, trial involving forgeries of the art of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case takes readers back to 1962, a time when forgeries were turning up on gallery walls, in auction houses, and (unwittingly) being hung in the homes of luminaries across Canada. Inspector James Erskine, enlisting the help of A.J. Casson, the youngest living member of the Group of Seven, set out to discover where the forgeries were coming from. Fifty years later, Dellandrea follows Erskine’s hunt to the end, uncovering the masterminds behind the forgeries. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions and archival images, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case unravels the mystery of the greatest art fraud trial in Canadian history. Along the way, it also tells the story of a talented artist whose career might have been so very different."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo../// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by Photo Cover. 7.5w x 10.25h Inches.