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Massive Art Forgery Scandal Unravels in Germany

(Nov. 8) -- If Thomas Crown had been an acid-dealing hippie instead of a billionaire, this might be his story. New details are emerging about Wolfgang Beltracchi, the mysterious figure at the center of German history's largest art-forgery scandal, Der Spiegel reports. Described as a "luxury hippie," Beltracchi spent...

Ansel Adams Negatives Controversy: 5 Other Great Lost Artwork Debates

(July 28) -- Ten years ago, Rick Norsigian, a commercial painter in Fresno, Calif., found a box of glass film negatives at a garage sale and bargained the price down from $70 to $45. After extensive research on Ansel Adams and his purchases, meetings with with curators and historians, and hiring an entertainment lawyer and...

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05/06/12 Knoedler Gallery Now in Dispute Over Diebenkorn... Source: The New York Times - New York NY What happened at the meeting nearly two decades ago is now a matter of dispute, one that has only grown in significance as the gallery, once venerable and now closed, battles accusations that it sold many works of modern art that were actually sophisticated forgeries.
05/03/12 UK sentences art forger to 2 years in jail Source: CBS/FOX - WBOC-TV 16/FOX 21 Delmarva - Salisbury MD British police say a man has been sentenced to two years in jail for forging up to 1,000 paintings.