Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 个月前French art expert faces trial for allegedly forging 18th-century furniturewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkFrench art expert faces trial for allegedly forging 18th-century furniturewww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 个月前message-square12fedilink
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·11 个月前Professor of a state university selling forgeries to public museum (Versailles) should go straight to jail.
minus-squareSadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 个月前I would think a museum would be better at spotting forgeries.
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 个月前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.
minus-squareSadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 个月前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.
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 个月前He 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.