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The lost chalice: the real-life chase for one of the world's rarest masterpieces : a priceless 2,500-year-old artifact depicting the fall of Troy

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Traces the dramatic quest to find a missing 2,500-year-old chalice from ancient Greece that disappeared for more than a decade after an anonymous European dealer outbid the Metropolitan Museum of Art at a Sotheby's auction, in an account that reveals the high-stakes criminal organizations that challenged its recovery.

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    New York: Harper, 2010

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    • 006155829X
    • 9780061558290

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    Originally published: New York : William Morrow, ©2009.

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