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10-20-2012, 02:59 PM #1
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10-21-2012, 01:25 PM #2
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Re: Unusual cases of faked artifacts
Not exactly the same, but the British Museum had on display ancient Greek artifacts, and the later figured out they were forgeries... by the Ancient Romans.
Another good one is a museum had a Picasso painting hung in their museum for a month before they realized it was upside down.
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10-21-2012, 01:34 PM #3
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Re: Unusual cases of faked artifacts
Does anyone know if many of the jerseys that the baseball HOF takes on their travelling displays are faked or just replicas that they take for display purposes? Looked at them at the all star fanfest and some of them are not even close.
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10-22-2012, 04:33 PM #4
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10-22-2012, 05:33 PM #5
Re: Unusual cases of faked artifacts
Do you have a link to the story? I am curious, because the ancient Romans were often known to appropriate Greek art for their purposes (enjoyment, etc.). I've never heard the term "forgery" applied to this practice, so I'm wondering if something altogether different than what I'm familiar with went on here.
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12-01-2012, 07:31 AM #6
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