Are there no safeguards to check if artwork being sold at a public auction is supposed to be in a museum’s inventory?
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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There is a lot of art out there, and a very small fraction of pieces are recognizable, even to art people. This guy probably got caught on the fourth try when someone did actually recognize the piece and say "hey wait a minute" and called the museum or something.
I'm not an expert but I believe you're supposed to provide some kind of provenance. I've seen episodes of the original British antiques roadshow and tons of people had really old paintings just laying around. I suppose if you said you got it from your grandmother's attic that might be good enough.
Freakonomics Radio touched on how complicated the stolen art market is. Their first episode in a 3-part series is here: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-case-of-the-4-million-gold-coffin/
‘Shamelessly’…as opposed to chivalrously? 🤭
Curious of the wages * of the employee vs col in the employee’s neighborhood.
Corrected