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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1962799, member: 19463&quot;]This past Sunday the US TV show (CBS) 60 Minutes reran its piece on fake paintings by a particularly skilled worker who recently served a very short time when he made a mistake in selecting a brand of white paint that contained a chemical not available when the original was made.&nbsp; As a result, many art experts have stopped authenticating paintings in the class (multi-million $$) in which he worked because some of them have been sued by people they had caused to buy a fake or just because making a mistake like that is ruinous to your reputation.&nbsp; I can see their point.&nbsp; There is currently serious question on just how many paintings this man has faked.&nbsp; He may not even know.&nbsp; It is not the sort of business that you keep exhaustive records on.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We are not quite in a position matching paintings but there are many ancient coins that have been found to be fakes.&nbsp; Some are definitely no better than C+ efforts but we have to wonder whether our best efforts are keeping up with the engraving version of the 60 minutes painter. </p><p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-forger-wolfgang-beltracchis-multimillion-dollar-scam/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-forger-wolfgang-beltracchis-multimillion-dollar-scam/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-forger-wolfgang-beltracchis-multimillion-dollar-scam/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest listening to this piece and asking yourself how any of this material might apply to your hobby.&nbsp; Certainly this painter works in a field where the cheap items are worth more than any of our coins.&nbsp; We are in less danger but not no danger.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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