As the author of the Egon Schiele and Grandma Moses catalogues raisonnés, I see an average of one fake a week. Most are so inept that they would not fool even a moderately experienced dealer or ...

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Bob Dylan is a notoriously private celebrity, so some fans have relied on auctioned letters and documents to better understand the musician’s personality. Through letters, transcripts, and early ...

Move over, Indiana Jones. In her undergraduate work authenticating the Mesoamerican greenstone collection at BYU’s Museum of Peoples and Cultures, anthropology student Chloe Burkey developed an eagle ...

Many objects of value in society have their false counterparts. Designer handbags have their replicas and counterfeit bills still make their way into cash registers. So, why wouldn’t priceless pieces ...

Most of us could only dream of hanging a Picasso, Caravaggio or Monet on our walls, but one lucky art collector has snapped up an Andy Warhol original for just $250. In the latest stunt by street art ...

Collecting boxed games used to be a fun little hobby. Passionate collectors could get complete copies through second-hand shops, searching around eBay or getting a lucky break from a friend who wanted ...

Fakes and forgeries are part of art collections around the world, and Cincinnati’s museums are no exception. The Taft Museum of Art will soon exhibit some of its paintings and works of decorative art ...

Spanish police have seized five Old Master forgeries that were being sold for a collective €76 million ($84 million). Four of the works were being marketed as the work of Francisco Goya, and the fifth ...

A new update to smash hit game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” brings classic artworks to players’ personal islands. Those hoping to display items in the game’s museum can collect and donate objects ...

TEN years ago a group of over fifty rare nineteenth-century “first editions” were exposed as frauds. A verdict of forgery against a person or persons unknown was secured, with almost no dissentients, ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kyle Orland, a senior gaming editor at Ars Technica, on forged copies of old PC video games discovered in the world of rare PC game collecting. Nostalgia is a powerful ...