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To: SeekAndFind

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


3 posted on 04/30/2018 10:24:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

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?


6 posted on 04/30/2018 10:40:44 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Red Badger
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.

20 posted on 04/30/2018 11:12:45 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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