On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:05 PM Jim Manley via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 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.
35 years ago I was in Anaheim for DECUS and my work buddy and I met up with his family and we went to the Getty Museum. I had previously spent multiple seasons in Greece doing archeological fieldwork, and my degree is a BA in History with a Classics specialty. We walked into one large chamber and there was this Koros (youth/Apollo statue) from at least the 7th C BC. I looked at it and said aloud that it had to be a fake - it was too good compared to the many I'd seen in museums and at sites around Greece. Several years later it was revealed to be a very expensive, but well executed, forgery. -ethan
