From the co-author of I Would Find a Girl Walking and an award-winning true-crime television reporter comes the shocking story of Debbie Flores; a Las Vegas showgirl whose dreams of a dazzling career ended in a nightmarehellip;Vivacious Debbie Flores was a college educated Washington Redskins cheerleader when she headed for ldquo;Sin City.rdquo; It was a smart move for the aspiring showgirl whorsquo;d soon be making her star-making solo debut at the legendary Luxor. But after the morning rehearsals of December 12; 2010; no one saw Debbie alive again.A cryptic text message she left for her mother led authorities to Debbiersquo;s charismatic boyfriend; Jason ldquo;Blurdquo; Griffith. A fellow Vegas dancer; Blu was hiding a terrible secret. It involved a rental van; bags of cement; two plastic tubs; and a handsaw.When the details of the crime unfolded; everyone asked: how could a girl with such passion and promise come to an end so violent and unexpected? In time; the truth would reveal a life more tumultuous than believedmdash;and what exactly transpired on Debbiersquo;s tragic final day would stun the nation. INCLUDES PHOTOS
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Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Explaining art world behavior with economic models.By MonsoonKingVelthius does a nice job taking the often curious behavior of art world players and explaining them with standard economic models. Why do dealers price primary market paintings at half their auction value? Why does a culture of favoritism and gift giving trump a transparent market model? How do dealers think about pricing the work of an artist for their first gallery show? Through a serious of interviews; data analyses; and observations; Velthius tackles these questions and many more.The author pays particular attention to the competing worlds of aesthetics and commerce that must uncomfortably coexist in the art world. On the one hand; art world players insist that economic considerations are crass where beauty and scholarship should reign supreme. But at the end of the day; dealers are businesspeople who need to pay rent; support their artists; please collectors; and support themselves.If youre hoping to use this book to price art or predict future prices; youll probably be very disappointed. The book makes some very rudimentary empirical observations that should be obvious to anyone even casually involved in the art world (larger paintings are more expensive than smaller paintings for a given artist); but the author concedes that pricing is too idiosyncratic to hope to build anything approaching a robust pricing model.While this book waxes academic; it should be pretty readable to anyone with a rudimentary background in economics. The art world jargon is kept to relative minimum. If youre looking for a breezy; entertaining read; Id strongly consider The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Dr G Smithvery thoughtful and stimulating0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. a goodBy yi zhouyes; a good book
