What if Those Paintings... Are Fakes? French Art Museum Discovers Half of its Collection are Fake

PJ Media ^ | 04/30/2018 | Michael Walsh

[fishtank]

Pikers.

That’s NOTHING compared to CNN, MSNBC, NYT etc etc.

[Red Badger]

Fake but accurate?...................

[Billthedrill]

An art historian raised the alarm after noticing that paintings attributed to Etienne Terrus showed buildings that were only constructed after the artist’s death in 1922.

Hmm...OK, that is a little suspicious, I'll have to grant that. The Rembrandt I have of the Washington Monument probably needs checking.

[miss marmelstein]

In case you missed this.

[elcid1970]

Hey, if someone’s good enough as an artist to paint forgeries that confuse the experts, why not buy them at a forger’s discount & enjoy?

[wally_bert]

City Of Death from vintage Dr. Who comes to mind.

The Doctor wrote “this is a fake” on some extra Mona Lisas Leonardo painted up.

A favorite serial.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

LOL. Fortunately, my original “Dogs Playing Poker” has been officially validated.

[Gamecock]

One of the below is real, and one is fake. I can't tell which is which:

[supremedoctrine]

That would be fine, in an ideal world where you buy only what you like, within your budget....but most people sucked into the dizzying world of “art investment” are looking for status and turning a profit on re-sale.

[StormEye]

Why don't artists fake some Rothko's or Jackson Pollock's?
Seems like they would be easy to make and
palm off on the airhead art elites.

[Red Badger]

Kinda like going to see one of those ‘tribute’ bands that do other’s music...........Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd), Departure (Journey), Fab Four (Beatles), and a plethora of Elvis impersonators...............

[Bitman]

Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha. Chuckle.

[kjam22]

LOL

[onedoug]

Gipping art patrons ping....

[GreenHornet]

LOL. Fortunately, my original “Dogs Playing Poker” has been officially validated.

So, the one I own that came with a "certificate of authenticity" isn't the original? Great....$9.95 down the drain!

[Calvin Locke]

Hey! I saw that “fraud reveal” on a “Death in Paradise” epi a couple of seasons back.

[onedoug]

I saw the original at Beaver Cleaver’s house, where it’s on the living room wall.

[Billthedrill]

Looks like they have. 1.9 million buckaroos for that guy. So how do you tell a fake Pollock from a real one? Well, there's an App for that.

[Calvin Locke]

Fake but accurate?

I read a book on art thefts a year or two ago.

Granted, buildings that didn't exist prior to the artist's death is somewhat definitive of fraud.

However, in the early part of the 20th century, a fraudster would have multiple copies of a famous work made, bribe a museum guard on the night shift, place a copy behind the original, bring in his buyer, have the buyer "mark" the back of the "framed" art, repeat for all the buyers, and deliver the goods.

Sometimes, the con would also steal the original for publicity before being able to collect from each "copy" buyer to give the illusion of a copy being real.