The rise of the online art markets is causing an increase in the fraud and deceit

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artproof wrote
on 3 Sep 2012 9:36 AM

While auction houses sell paintings by Picasso and Matisse in millions of dollars, the buyer can find a painting by Gauguin

 at 950$ and a signed drawing by Renoir in 1200$.
Every day fake works of art are cataloged as authentic in the Internet and every day are they are being sold. There is a despair regarding the market of the fake works of art, for example the Foundation for the Preservation of Giacometti had found about -2005 fake statues, an amazing amount.

 

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