Title : Possession - The Strange Destiny of Things - Pierre Bellemare - Book
Summary :
Unusual, extraordinary, rare, evil or magical when objects have the power to influence the destiny of men, who is the possessor, who is the possessed?
A blue diamond from India that seems to condemn all its buyers to death; an executioner's sword bringing bad luck to all those who risk buying it; Roman silverware whose lucky discoverer died before being able to benefit from its wealth: there are many objects whose influence seems harmful. Some, on the contrary, have the reputation of being curative: the Virgin's girdle, woven by herself, is said to have allowed Anne of Austria and Catherine de Medici to overcome their sterility. Others, finally, make us shudder at their mere mention. Such as this book bound in woman's skin that belonged to Camille Flammarion and this cursed grimoire that sank with the Titanic. But what are we to make of the demon that drove a few enthusiasts, who became billionaires after starting out as rag-and-bone men, to scour auction rooms to find the rarities missing from their collection?
Pierre Bellemare, a passionate object lover, asked Jean-Marc Epinoux and Richard Morand, a renowned auctioneer, to set out to discover these things that have a story and a soul, and sometimes even the strange power to change the lives of those who possess them. After two years of diligent research, they brought back 70 epic, tragicomic, or moving adventures, as well as dozens of photographs of these often unknown, always curious, sometimes disturbing objects, which had never before been published.
70 stories of a strange possession that could one day affect you, bringing you misfortune, ruin, or, why not? fortune.
- EAN: 9782226087744
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- Book in good condition
- The book matches the photo
