Sorry, Rich, I gotta disagree with you and Steve there.
We're not talking about $200 posters... we're talking about $20,000 and
up being paid for fakes that are now being done so skillfully that they
will fool "educated, informed buyers" and maybe even a lot of old hands.
From this day forward, any auction house/dealer who does not take
responsibility and engage in "due diligence" by getting a true
independent 3rd party real expert verification prior to offering such a
pricey item as a "genuine original" is indeed a villain. I'm not talking
about the past -- although this sort of thing obviously should have been
done all along on such items and we wouldn't have the situation we now
have -- but I *am* talking about how auctioneers/dealers should proceed
in the future with very pricey items, now that we know these kind of
high-end fakes exist (and can continue to be created).
Now that the Black Cat is out of the Son of Frankenstein's bag, who
would be willing to spend $20,000 or more on a poster *without* a
verification from an independent, third party recognized expert in the
field?
Anybody still willing to roll those dice -- now that we know what we know?
-- JR
Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
Kudos to Steve
At 01:01 PM 9/1/2009, Stephen Fishler wrote:
Clearly, there are villains here who decided to CREATE some very
valuable posters in order to line their pockets.
Having said that, let's not work overtime in order point the finger
of blame where it clearly does not belong. There auction houses that
may have sold fakes have acted responsibility here. They are not the
enemy.
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