forgeries       p.5

Especially annoying is the case of changing a very good panting into a forgery by attaching later a different painters name to it. Often the attached name could not even have done the quality of the original work. And later the original artist of the painting might even turn into the more valuable artist…..
Scrolls are cut so that a new signature finds a place after the old is removed. If the scroll is long enough such a cut painting could create a number of forgeries.

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It should be enough! the number of possibilities how a scoundrel may produce forgeries to his advantage is far too big to discuss them here all.
The motivation behind all forgeries was and will never be a honest one. The cheating should create value, in gold or political influence.
So this is what a forgery is. A fraud! A lie!

The collector, the connoisseur, now they should not think it is in any way possible to avoid this problem. Who is buying paintings, is sooner or later spending his money to buy a forgery. And if he buys in an expensive market, it only means he is paying more for it.

The best approach therefore would be, to buy at least a good painting!