emptor

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Claiborne Hancock, of Pegasus Books, describes the revelations in Caveat Emptor as "a bombshell for the major international auction houses and galleries".

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2012

The book, Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger, will be published next month and tells the story of Ken Perenyi, an American who lived in London for 30 years.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2012

As the Romans used to say, "Caveat Emptor."

From Scientific American • May 27, 2011

So one does, judging by the brobdingnagian baubles designed by Marsten's firm, appropriately named Caveat Emptor.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Emptor" indicates that the Will was literally a sale, and the word "familiæ," when compared with the phraseology in the Testamentary clause in the Twelve Tables, leads us to some instructive conclusions.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir