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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Art forgery
		Art forgery refers to creating and, in particular, selling works of art that are falsely attributed to be work of another, usually more famous, artist.
		Art had become a commercial commodity, and the monetary value of the artwork came to depend on the identity of the artist.
		The forger may omit details typical to the artist they are trying to imitate, or add anachronisms, in an attempt to claim that the forged work is a slightly different copy, or a previous version of a more famous work.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Art_forgery (2721 words)

	1996 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		January 8 - A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital Kinshasa - 350 dead.
		January 9 - Art forger Eric Hebborn is assassinated in Rome, Italy.
		December 16 - Quentin Bell, English biographer and art historian (b.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996 (4129 words)

	SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON ART FORGERY (PART II)
		Art and Law: Art fraud: Lessons from the Denney Collection - Summary
		Scientific Detection of Fakery in Art SPIE Proceedings Vol.
		Tribal Arts and Antiquities from prehistory to primitive cultures.
	www.museum-security.org /forgery2.htm (212 words)

	Englishman in New York
		When customers complain that $100 seems like a lot of money for an eight-inch figurine, he cites, by way of analogy, the cost of a Warhol soup can or a Michael Jordan basketball card.
		Andy Warhol would doubtless be pleased by the comparison, but as the Michael Jordan reference suggests, what drives the toy craze isn’t only the generative force of art; it’s also its opposite — nostalgia.
		That, clearly, was what recently guided a wide-eyed 26-year-old artist named Jeremy Pelt to a gleaming model of an 80’s-era cartoon robot.
	www.pdberger.com (1775 words)

	Ars Longa - Designer Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Printed Resources: The following publications were used to identify, authenticate, and provide additional information on the items shown and discussed in Ars Longa.
		The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time.
		The Art of Finding - About thrift shopping, finding, and serendipity.
	www.sllab.net /arslonga/designers.html (469 words)

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