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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TT Antique, post: 3996200, member: 2653&quot;]Hi All</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are ten ideas ,hope to see exchange of ideas, possible corrections&nbsp; and further additions.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.Certain types of early handmade lithographs (eg. the so called ‘French style’ chromolithographs created with translucent inks and also some early hand colored lithographs) highly resemble watercolors. As a result sometimes watercolors could be confused with such kind of lithographs hence one can take advantage of that to buy watercolors at the price of lithographs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2.Certain types of early handmade lithographs ( eg. the so called ‘German style’ chromolithographs created with oil based heavy inks and mounted on a canvas backing or a board) could highly resemble certain type of oil paintings(eg. academy oils of the mid-19th with no visible features or textures). As a result sometimes oil paintings could be confused with such kind of lithographs hence one can take advantage of that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Certain types of early handmade lithographs highly resemble crayon and chalk sketches. As a result sometimes&nbsp; crayon and chalk sketches could be confused as lithographs&nbsp; hence one can take advantage of that to get original sketches at the price of litho. prints.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4.The so called academy oils of the mid-19th with no visible features or textures could be misidentified as modern prints (eg Giclee prints) especially when they are on boards (it could happen by a seller who is only accustomed to see oil works with visible textures). One can take advantage of this confusion to spot and get genuine paintings at the price of prints.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5.Sometimes oil and acrylic paintings are done on paper and mounted on board. As there is the prevalent notion that only watercolor/gouaches, pastels and prints are supposed to be on paper, the usually higher priced oil/acrylic works could be misattributed for these works. Even if the average seller may be able to rule out water, gouaches and pastels based on their looks, he could easily misattribute the works as Giclee modern prints with texture added. Hence one can take advantage of that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6.Sometimes oil and acrylic paintings could be under glass, and as this is not the usual norm it may give the wrong impression that they could be watercolor/gouache or even worse, modern prints with texture added. Capitalize on this confusion to gain advantage to spot genuine oil and acrylic paintings misattributed as prints under glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Gouache paintings resemble acrylic paintings and hence there is a potential for misclassification especially when dealing with acrylics on paper. All things being equal, in general watercolor/gouache works are less in value compared to Oil/Acrylic works. Because of that, a potential misattribution of acrylic works for gouache presents an opportunity to buy the acrylic for the price of a gouache.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8.Genuine old paintings with relined canvas could appear new when the canvas is seen from the back potentially creating the mistaken assumption that the work is a recent work or a fake. Hence one can take advantage of that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9.Relined canvases of old paintings are normally stapled on the stretcher further giving another misconception of a modern work or fake (staples started to be used after 1900 while nails were used before that). Hence one can take advantage of that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10.Sometimes genuine old paintings could be reframed using modern frames triggering the mistaken impression that the work is a recent work or a fake one. Capitalize on this confusion to gain advantage to spot genuine old paintings in new frames which have been misattributed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TTA[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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