Comment by sandworm101 2 months ago Art forgery is a crime. The original creators could, theoretically, be jailed for this. 3 comments sandworm101 Reply sleepybrett 2 months ago The first seller of record can simply say 'A customer brought these in, I bought them after getting them cgc rated. The rating agency signed off on them so I had no idea that they could be forgeries' .. repeat back for their seller ad infinitum. debugnik 2 months ago Is it still art forgery if the originals didn't exist? I think it's unclear whether these prototype designs were ever real or part of the scam. sophacles 2 months ago Yes. There have been cases of a "lost work" being discovered and then later it's found out that the work was a forgery. Here's an article with some examdples: https://magazine.artland.com/the-art-of-forgery-art-forgers-...
sleepybrett 2 months ago The first seller of record can simply say 'A customer brought these in, I bought them after getting them cgc rated. The rating agency signed off on them so I had no idea that they could be forgeries' .. repeat back for their seller ad infinitum.
debugnik 2 months ago Is it still art forgery if the originals didn't exist? I think it's unclear whether these prototype designs were ever real or part of the scam. sophacles 2 months ago Yes. There have been cases of a "lost work" being discovered and then later it's found out that the work was a forgery. Here's an article with some examdples: https://magazine.artland.com/the-art-of-forgery-art-forgers-...
sophacles 2 months ago Yes. There have been cases of a "lost work" being discovered and then later it's found out that the work was a forgery. Here's an article with some examdples: https://magazine.artland.com/the-art-of-forgery-art-forgers-...
The first seller of record can simply say 'A customer brought these in, I bought them after getting them cgc rated. The rating agency signed off on them so I had no idea that they could be forgeries' .. repeat back for their seller ad infinitum.
Is it still art forgery if the originals didn't exist? I think it's unclear whether these prototype designs were ever real or part of the scam.
Yes. There have been cases of a "lost work" being discovered and then later it's found out that the work was a forgery. Here's an article with some examdples: https://magazine.artland.com/the-art-of-forgery-art-forgers-...