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So you want to buy a Master Work of Art on eBay ?
You see works of art which interest you on ebay which if
authentic- seem to good to be true, so you ask your self.
If this is a real Chagall, Picasso, or Miro (etc...) ? Can it
be real ?
Can I be one of the (1 out of 10,000) people that finds a
treasure ? IF ITS REAL, WHY WOULD ANY ONE SELL IT
FOR .1 TO 1 % OF ITS REAL VALUE.
Then why would anyone sell real art on eBay
for a fraction of the value ?
This has been the disconserting often asked question among
many serious buyers. There are quite a number of other
web sites which this question is equally as valid.
The following information is complex and true. Please
take your time in reading this page .
Art authentication. An invaluble subject.
In recent times we have seen the fall and demise of
what the world has titled," World Experts".
These have been the trusted indiviuals who have been
placed in a positions of athority whose nod of a head can
make or break a multi million dollar master work of art.
Recently (2006-7) The arrest of Maya Picasso
(Maria de la Concepcion Ruiz Walter) and other accomplices*
has been requested at the 4th Central Trial Court of Madrid (Spain) .
Prior Proceedings have been reopened and extended
for alleged continuing crimes of fraud (deliberately attributing
false worthless works to Picasso).
Maya Picasso has also lost two law suits because she
had BURNED (In fire/oven) two Picassos which were later deemed
authentic by the French Court . She had to pay out full market Value
in damages. The two Picassos were in books that were published in
the 1950s-1960s
The question is, how many REAl Picasso's has Maya Picasso stated
that she would be unable to confirm authenticity for ? What was the
motive in not authenticating what she very well might have know
was created from the
hand of her father ? We might never know the answer.
#1. Maya Picasso is in fact a true expert. Her crimes of fraud
were her decision to abuse her abilities and ruin her good standing
in the auction world. No one should ever trust Maya Picasso again. She should be banned from injecting any advise concerning her father's work.
She has proven either - she is abusing her power, or she really does not
know the difference between her fathers work & a master forgery with out provenance that she could reference. This is like the man who went
to Maya Picasso some years back. This man had received a work
of art directly from Picasso himself in the 1950s, and Maya could
not, or would not authenticate it. She did not call it fake. She just
simply stated she was at that time unable
to confirm authenticity. That is just plain WRONG & UNFAIR.
Claude Picasso who undoubtabley knows less then Maya
Picasso is now authenticating his fathers work.
Its a big money game. Thats what it is, aside from obvious fakes,
the Picasso family will not touch or even look at 99%
of all art submitted to them with out direct provenance linking
the art to Pablo Picasso regardless of what galleries it
had been shown in..
I believe the Picasso family has displayed their inbread god syndrome/complex mixed with GREED.
(Thought: There are many forger's who will use this very
agument to sell fakes with COA's which mean nothing
claiming the Picasso family is impossible to deal with ?)
How is one to know the difference between REAL & FAKE when
the story is so very good, and the art might look real to the buyer ?
READ ON .........................................................
Example: Allan Stone, World Expert for WILLEM DE KOONING. Allan stone died on Dec 18, 2006.
Before he died he had authenticated a
de kooning drawing (Titled: Elaine de Kooning)
for a member of his own family who
owned a gallery. (Sydney Janis Gallery, New York).
After the dekooning drawing which world
expert Alan Stone deemed authentic & by
the hand of Willem de Kooning, Mr. Stone
was told to retract his opinion from the
de kooning drawing because it slightly
resembeled another de kooning motif / drawing
which had been on exibition at the
Mitchell-Inness & Nash Gallery, NY the
previous year. We here at eBayfakes.com
have seen images of both drawings. It was
a corrupt power move by the
Mitchell-Inness & Nash Gallery. Alan Stone
was nothing more then a political puppet.
His expertice and experienced eye told
him the drawing was drawn / executed by
the hand of Willem de Kooning. A gallery
who is very influencatal in the art world turns
around and tells him to change his mind.
This if after Mr. Stone had the drawing and
knew it was correct. The drawing was from a
private East Hampton collection of which
there were other works of art by de Kooning
and Pollock. If these works of art were all deemed authentic by the art world, then it would take the spot light right off of the pieces which were aviable for sale through Mitchell-Inness & Nash Gallery. They would not allow this to happen. They would lose millions. They put great prussure on Alan Stone. A short time
later Alan Stone dies.
Link> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/arts/18stone.html
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I had the honer of having Alex Rosenberg
(Rosenberg Fine Arts,NY) drive out to my
house in the Hamptons for a viewing of sevral
pieces of art by de Kooning, Pollock, and Picasso.
He was accompinied by a Mary Ann Banks.
It was a very good day for all of us.
There were 5 of us present for this meeting.
One of the gentelman who were present
at the time was Taylor Robison of Ohio ,
animation art expert, and young self made
million air who 1 year later died all to young.
Also present was Mr. Vincent Croglio,
Hudson School, & Grupe Expert.This meeting
was an incredible experience for us all.
Alex Rosenberg was very impressed with a
Pollock & a Picasso which hung in the small
studio where we spent most of the day.
At one point after staring at the large drip
Pollock for what seemed like an hour,
I ask what he thought. Mr Rosenberg said
and I quote," It would take 15 years of study
to even get close the way this pollock looks
& feels, and you would need a seperate
signtaure expert to sign it."
At that time those were words of gold
coming from a man who is a living legend
in the art world.
Some years later. Dr. Paul Biro found 3
fingerprints on the same Pollock
Mr. Rosenberg liked. One of the prints
was a direct match to Pollock's prints with
a high number of Biofurcation point matches.
The prints found on the Pollock were
compared to the prints of Jackson Pollock
taken from the Pollock House in East hampton, NY
and the Tate Gallery. London. They all matched.
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