Acknowledgments
Introduction

1 The Powers and Perils of the Antique: The Birth of Collecting

2 Collecting Identities

3 “By Means of a Little Castration”: Restoration and Manipulation

4 Irresistible Forgeries

5 The Privileges of Lovers: Erotic Connections with Antiquities

6 Collecting Others

7 The History of Looting and Smuggling—and What They Destroy

8 Collectors’ Failed Justifications for Looting and Smuggling

9 Conclusion: Collecting to Save the Past

Notes
Index