Very brief history of forgery

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Сообщение от fross

This paper suggests that counterfeiting is not only an integral part of the art market, but also necessary. Some kind of additional issue of works of art potential price increases that have not yet been exhausted, and works on the market anymore. In the case of a successful time of placement and quality, fake work accepted by the market and receive equal rights with the originals. In the case of failure of timing (the market is saturated), they are rejected.

The idea is not totally true. Counterfeits - is the bane of the art market, the main deterrent to growth and cause many additional costs of identifying the truth. If we imagine a world in which no forgery as a class, then the world art market would exist on a completely different level. It is no secret that most novice buyers are hesitant to buy it for fear of running into fake. Sometimes an experienced collector refuses to buy, knowing that one hundred percent examination can not be done, but check the history of the proposed work would require too much money and time. And how much money and time spent "normal" art dealer to ascertain the truth! And in the end it leads to a significant increase in the cost of art for the "end user". So your idea is not only not true, but dazha harmful. Fakes are only crooks and dishonest experts.