Watch the Orson Welles film "F is for Fake" ...
On 12/11/20 6:56 PM, Jim Manley via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM Glen Slick via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Anyone that was seriously going to put up the money for this would know
how to go about authenticating this item.
It's been estimated by experts that a third to half of the "original
artwork", previously valued at a total in the tens of billions in museums
and collectors' places, are counterfeits. There have been a number of
well-researched news stories, including a full segment on "60 Minutes" a
couple of decades ago, where a counterfeiter was interviewed and showed how
he executed his craft. One counterfeiter was so good that he sold
paintings for tens of millions of dollars that were never even painted by
the purported original artist, but were hinted at or described by art
historians, based on rumors going back into the mists of time.
Caveat emptor ..
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM Glen Slick via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 8:23 AM W2HX via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
What am I missing? The picture shown on RR auctions shows the board with
no chips?
Watch the (unlisted) video linked to the auction listing from Corey
Cohen. From what I have seen in the past he is pretty much the expert
on Apple 1 restoration and authentication.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDTchQuP_Ec
In any case, it doesn't really matter too much what any of us here
think. Anyone that was seriously going to put up the money for this
would know how to go about authenticating this item.
