Lee Duna to World NewsEnglish • 1 year agoFrench art expert faces trial for allegedly forging 18th-century furniturewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoProfessor of a state university selling forgeries to public museum (Versailles) should go straight to jail.
minus-squareSadSadSatellite linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoI would think a museum would be better at spotting forgeries.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoA museum would rely on the expert opinion of a professor of art history from Paris. This choad abused a position of trust in order to pull off his con.
minus-squareSadSadSatellite linkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoNot that it’s not a shitty thing to do, but it also seems like the last person you would rely on for the value of an object is the person selling it to you.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHe had an accomplice make the furniture, presumably acting as a broker/authenticator.
Professor of a state university selling forgeries to public museum (Versailles) should go straight to jail.
I would think a museum would be better at spotting forgeries.
A museum would rely on the expert opinion of a professor of art history from Paris.
This choad abused a position of trust in order to pull off his con.
Not that it’s not a shitty thing to do, but it also seems like the last person you would rely on for the value of an object is the person selling it to you.
He had an accomplice make the furniture, presumably acting as a broker/authenticator.