The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
Language: English | AZW3 / EPUB | ISBN-10: 1137279877 | 2015 | 272 pages | 1 MB / 1 MB
Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons perpetrated by unscrupulous art dealers and their accomplices are proportionately elaborate.