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Fakebusters. II, scientific detection of fakery in art and philately /

Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded US$100 million at auction, the forgers are extricating their bag of tricks. This fascinating collection of papers provides an eclectic coverage of the art and philatelic concerns in safeguarding the integrity of creative artists. It paints a broad...

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Corporate Authors: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers; International Center for Art Intelligence; Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts Organization; World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Weiss, Richard J. Richard Jerome, 1923; Chartier, Duane R
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Series in popular science ; v. 4
Subjects:
Art > Forgeries > Congresses
Art > Radiography > Congresses
Art > Expertising > Congresses
Expertising, X-ray > Congresses
Science and the arts > Congresses
Art and science > Congresses
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/5640#t=toc
Summary: Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded US$100 million at auction, the forgers are extricating their bag of tricks. This fascinating collection of papers provides an eclectic coverage of the art and philatelic concerns in safeguarding the integrity of creative artists. It paints a broader swath of the problems in art authentication, including philatelic fraud. The articles represent 24 expert contributions on relevant topics pertaining to the scientific detection of forgery in art and philately.
Item Description: "Based on the proceedings of the symposium held at Photonics East 1999, sponsored by SPIE, the International Optical Engineering Society, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA ; ICAI, the International Center for Art Intelligence, Culver City, CA 90230-5109, USA ; FFE, Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts, Castagnola, CH-6976, Switzerland"--T.p.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x,317pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789812701374 (electronic bk.)
CLC: J0-05
Contents: 1. Preface / Richard J. Weiss -- 2. R.W. Wood; Fakebuster extraordinaire / William Seabrook -- 3. Art fakes and the statue of limitations / Alan Feld -- 4. Authenticity of engraved scrimshaw / Donald Ridley -- 5. Detection of philatelic forgeries / Mercer Bristow -- 6. Insurability of art / Renee Vara -- 7. DNA as a security marker / Chris Outwater, Rick Tullis -- 8. Authentication at a small museum / Douglas K.S. Hyland -- 9. Art in transit / Dorit Straus -- 10. Raman spectroscopy in the art world / Ken P.J. Williams, Lucia Burgio and Robin J.H. Clark -- 11. Fakes, Forgeries and Experts (FF

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