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False Gods: ‘Ancient’ Forgeries Fool Art Markets

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Archeologists and art experts are concerned about a wave of forgeries that have appeared on the art market. The fakes are meeting the growing demand for collectable art from the global jet set, but even the musuems are being fooled. The Flora in Berlin’s Bode Musuem. A da Vinci masterpiece or 19th century fake? The … Read more

Experts examine – Van Gogh’ sketchbook in Greece

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A sketchbook believed to have been Vincent van Gogh’s containing portraits similar to those in his most famous works has been found in Greece, its owner said on Wednesday. Taken by a Greek resistance fighter from a Nazi train, the sketchbook was discovered in storage boxes by his daughter, who is seeking to… Read full … Read more

Art sales soar as boom rolls on

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News in the US suggests a potential reccession, however, this article in the Financial Times suggests that the art market is roaring along: Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the two main art auction houses, together sold a record $12.5bn in artworks last year, a rise of more than 40 per cent as the art market showed no … Read more

Collector Returns Art Italy Says Was Looted

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After 18 months of intense negotiations, the New York philanthropist Shelby White has ceded 10 classical antiquities from her private collection that Italy contends were looted from its soil, the Italian culture minister confirmed this week… Read full story