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Thousands of Fake Prints Sold, inc Picasso, Miro, and Dali

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by Vinny | March 21, 2008 at 02:45 pm

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People have paid up to $50,000 for counterfeit prints with fake artists signatures, the fake prints have been sold at art shows and on Ebay.

A ring of art counterfeiters has sold thousands of prints since 1999 bearing the forged signatures of Picasso, Miro, Dali and other famous artists to buyers around the world."Thousands of people will learn they ... bought a fake," Read more from the source: Yahoo News

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at 18:22 on March 21st, 2008

Vinny, with works like this going for record prices the proliferation of counterfeits is only bound to increase. Thanks for this report.

at 18:36 on March 21st, 2008

Thanks Ryan I had no idea prints could fetch such a high price, though I expect without the signatures they would be lucky to get $50.

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