- The author seemed full of himself, or like Grandpa after dinner telling war stories.
- The book expanded my knowledge of the FBI, art world, and Boston/Gardener Heist.
- Antiques and art go in and out of style and they are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them.
- When being undercover, you need to be someone’s friend and then betray them.
- When being undercover, you need to tell as few lies as possible, like keeping your first name and accurate number of your children.
- We talked about NAGPRA (Nov. 1990) and how difficult it is for Native Americans to get back artifacts – realize they are gone, figure out where they are, go through legal paperwork to get them back.
- We made connections to other museums, their collections, what’s hidden away and not seen, how much is probably a forgery anyway (based on the other book we read).
- Art is not so well protected in schools, personal collections, colleges
- There is so much art that gets donated to museums, but who can curate all that?
- The author made it seem like it was easy to take things from museums, when you work there and have access. The first assumption is that it is an inside job.
- We made some links to other books and movies about art:
o Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
o The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
o The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
o The Movie:
Woman in Gold
o The Movie:
The Monuments Men
