LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
AUTHORS’ NOTE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION: ON THE TRAIL OF CRYSTAL SKULLS
1 CAVEAT EMPTOR
2 BETWEEN OLD WORLD AND NEW
3 MEXICO: ANCIENT TO MODERN
4 MEXICO AT MID-CENTURY
5 THE EMPEROR’S ANTIQUARIAN: A COLLECTION TAKES SHAPE
6 CONFRONTING A DIFFERENT PARIS
7 MARKETING A COLLECTION
8 A PREMIER COLLECTION
9 NARRATIVES OF PROVENANCE
10 THE RUE DU SOMMERARD DECADE
11 OF FAKES AND FAKERS
12 FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER: DEALER TO CURATOR
13 GOOD DEALS AND BAD
14 BACK IN BUSINESS
15 FINGERPRINTS ON CRYSTAL SKULLS
16 COURTING THE SMITHSONIAN
17 OF FAKES, FORGERS, AND FRAUDS
18 “EL TOCAYO’S” TRIUMPH
19 LATER LIFE
20 AFTERLIFE
EPILOGUE
REFERENCES
INDEX
