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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mill Cove Treasures, post: 119502, member: 60&quot;]It will probably go up for auction again once it has been authenticated.&nbsp; Like this poor fellow who sold his painting for 42 thousand pounds.&nbsp; The new owner was an art expert and had another expert authenticate as a Caravaggio worth 10 million pounds.&nbsp; The first owner then sued Sotheby&#039;s for not doing the proper testing and investigating.&nbsp; I think I read that he lost the case. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sotheby&#039;s must feel almost as bad as the original owner.&nbsp; That was a huge loss of commissions and had to be a bit of hit on their reputation.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/11190852/Man-who-sold-painting-for-42000-sues-auction-house-after-it-was-later-claimed-as-10m-Caravaggio.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/11190852/Man-who-sold-painting-for-42000-sues-auction-house-after-it-was-later-claimed-as-10m-Caravaggio.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/11190852/Man-who-sold-painting-for-42000-sues-auction-house-after-it-was-later-claimed-as-10m-Caravaggio.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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