Can a fake without a market?

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Forgery (flawed) - the object that simulates the look and characteristics of historical and cultural monuments, or works of art of a certain age, school, masters, created in order to be issued for the original. AP arisen in connection with awareness in society about the importance and value of works of art and monuments of history and culture are widely used as a material increase in the value of these artifacts.
Forgery exist in many areas of culture - history, literature, archeology, particularly common in various forms of art. A large number of counterfeits detected today in major museums around the world have made urgent the problem of forgery detection and prevention of their penetration into museum collections. Fakes discredit the idea and the authority of museums, form a wrong idea of creative artists, jewelers and other masters of arts and crafts, hinder the healthy development of industries, leading to erosion of quality criteria, depreciation of products with a well-deserved international reputation.
The emergence of forgery related to the knowledge society the importance of art and monuments of history and culture. In a sense, represents an original document forgery era, because determined by the tastes of society and the people of his time, and is a product and indicator of technological advances given period. The history of forgeries begins in antiquity in the Roman Empire copies of the masterpieces of Greek art, Roman patricians were sold as originals. In the 2 nd floor. 19. occur first major international works of art fraud and forgery in the penetration of the principal museums in the world. In the 20 century. counterfeiting grows into a kind of "industry". Since late. 1980. in connection with the development of market relations, the revival of antique trade, as well as the increased level of criminalization of society distributing counterfeit in Russia received a new impetus.

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Forgery


Forgery - imitation, which is usually made with the intent to maliciously distort its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently describes the currency or falsified documents, but can also describe things such as: clothing, software, pharmaceuticals, watches or any other product, especially when it leads to a breach of patent or trademark infringement. Often, to avoid accusations of copyright infringement on the fake stuff put brand, very similar to the original name of the issuing firms, but with a change in one or more letters in its name. Most known cases: NOKLA - NOKIA, Abibas - Adidas, etc.

In the XVI arrondissement of Paris Museum there is a forgery, which presents more than 350 objects from the familiar to all of counterfeit CD /DVD, toys and other articles of everyday use to false and forged statues of Rodin amphorae Gallo-Roman period.

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Forgery in art

Because of the high cost of art objects and jewelry tampering is widespread enough. In his paintings are rarely fake copy of the original, usually use a styling or compiling motifs drawn from several of the original characteristic of the object of fraud. As the canvas can use pictures of little-known artists of the time. Their "right", in whole or in part the original recording. Then now artificially "old", creating a plausible defects on the surface of the paint layer.

Very often counterfeit works of ancient art, for example, tiara Saitaferne. Forgery should be distinguished from the wrong dating of works of art, for example, a controversial case of a wolf.