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Archive for January, 2009

Was PCGS Fooled by an Altered Coin?

Posted: Friday, January 23rd, 2009 @ 11:50 am in Authenticity Issues, Canadian Coins, News, Numismatics | 2 Comments »

Images of Canadian 1870 50 cent pieces, with and without the engraver and designer’s initials, taken from Heritage World Coin Auction Catalog #312, Sid and Alicia Belzberg Collection, via Google Books. The two particular coins shown above are not the subject of this post, although their types are. Terry Campbell, in the current edition of [...]

Dali Artwork Forgeries Found with Possibly Genuine Items

Posted: Friday, January 23rd, 2009 @ 11:04 am in Art Heists, Authenticity Issues, Museums & Galleries, News | No Comments »

A possibly authentic “Dali” found in Estepona, Spain. Image from the Associated Press An Associated Press story released from Estepona, Spain, has it that dozens of fake Dali artworks have been seized by police. The culprit, a Frenchman, has been found and charged with fraud and forgery. This discovery comes ten years after police in [...]