I’m ruined. The Feds have busted a ring of crooks they say were selling fake art on eBay, which of course is where my entire collection came from. It seemed so safe! Most great art changes hands over the Internet. Where do you think the Louvre gets its stuff, anyway?
It’s not as if I acted foolishly. I’m a blogger, a profession known for caution. The art I got was SIGNED, which it wouldn’t have been if it was fake, now would it? I also got a CERTIFICATE with each piece, so even if someone forged the art and cleverly faked names like Picasso and Dali, where would they come up with certificates?
This is just awful. If I ran the Louvre, I’d be taking a VERY close look at that Mona Lisa about now.
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Painting of Marc Chagall is seen on the ceiling of the Palais Garnier, Paris’ opera, February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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” … where would they come up with certificates?”
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- Posted by Lady WeaselThat’s nothing…I bought a Van Gogh with a certificate AND a digital photograph of Van Gogh holding my painting!
- Posted by KVan Gogh delivered mine personally.
- Posted by John C AbellVan Gogh lives down the street from me. Marilyn Monroe is his wife.
- Posted by Dee T[...] Related post about art: Fake? Then why is it signed? [...]
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