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| Author: | ShockWaffle [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Easily forged artwork stolen |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25330237 If you were a millionaire of the sort who buys stolen art on the black market, and somebody offered you this...  How could you possibly tell if the were offering you the genuine original? It's children's coloured stickers on a piece of card, being sold to you by people of dubious integrity, right? |
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| Author: | Spreadie [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Easily forged artwork stolen |
I know art is subjective but, if you're stupid enough to cough up thousands for that crap (fake or real), you deserve to be taken for every penny. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Easily forged artwork stolen |
You realise that a variant of that artwork was installed on the Beagle 2 to be used for camera calibration? Hirst was involved in the creation of that part of the system. And we all know what happened to it. I think a large part of the cachet for that work is the artist himself. I actually like it. I don’t think I’d want to spend £15,000 on it as an object to hang over the mantlepiece, but as a speculative investment, he’s a name worth buying into. |
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