Anja Shortland on Lost Art

EconTalk

• Episode: Anja Shortland on Lost Art
• Website: EconTalk
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• Duration: 01:12:14
• Published: 2021-06-21 12:30

Economist and author Anja Shortland of King's College London talks about her new book, Lost Art, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. When a famous painting disappears into the underworld of stolen art, how does it make its way back into the legitimate world of auction houses and museums? Drawing on the archives of a private database of stolen objects--the Art Loss Register--Shortland discusses the economics of the art world when objects up for sale may be the result of theft.