Sublime

Auction houses are notoriously devious institutions and should never be trusted.

he could not help admiring Han van Meegeren, who created an entire fake early period for Vermeer.

He gained a reputation as one of the best shipwreck divers on the East Coast; some said he might be among the best in the world. One day Nagle paid him the highest compliment by saying, “When you die no one will ever find your body.”