Featured Fake or fortune - this is cool

Discussion in 'Art' started by evelyb30, Oct 6, 2018.

  1. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's a British BBC/antiques Alley TV series. This one is about a forger who put one over on Hermann Goering and trying to figure out if he forged a particular work. (dude was GOOD)

     
    evelyb30, Oct 6, 2018
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  2. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    I've watched a number of episodes of Fake or Fortune on YouTube. Always fascinating...
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Me too, but this was the first time I've ever seen them want to prove a piece was a genuine fake.(LOL)
     
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  4. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    Ah, gotcha. :)
     
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  5. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    Thanks for posting this -- just watched and enjoyed!
     
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  6. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Good book on Van Meegeren: The Forger's Spell, by Edward Dolnick. Looking at his "Vermeers" now, it is hard to see how anyone thought they were by the real Master.
     
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  7. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    Per the show (and that's the extent of my knowledge), he was going for a very early, very primitive Vermeer -- kind of the pre-Vermeer Vermeer. He thought it would work because people really really wanted more Vermeers.
     
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