A person would have to be pretty good to fool a lot of us here on this mailing list when presented with a fake Apple I. There are certain things that would give it away. Not saying it would be impossible but it would be eventually exposed. I can't imagine someone who knows art and appraisals would not know a fake Renoir when he/she saw it, but maybe it's harder to spot a fake painting or sculpture than a fake Apple I. Bill
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 7:05 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:05 PM Jim Manley via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > It's been estimated by experts that a third to half of the "original > > artwork", previously valued at a total in the tens of billions in museums > > and collectors' places, are counterfeits. > > 35 years ago I was in Anaheim for DECUS and my work buddy and I met up > with his family and we went to the Getty Museum. I had previously > spent multiple seasons in Greece doing archeological fieldwork, and my > degree is a BA in History with a Classics specialty. We walked into > one large chamber and there was this Koros (youth/Apollo statue) from > at least the 7th C BC. I looked at it and said aloud that it had to > be a fake - it was too good compared to the many I'd seen in museums > and at sites around Greece. > > Several years later it was revealed to be a very expensive, but well > executed, forgery. > > -ethan >
