Van Gogh himself wouldn't have gone through so much trouble
November 20, 2015 9:57 AM   Subscribe

"Turning the concept of authenticity on its head, genuine forgeries — whether created with the intention of deceiving or not — are riding the crest of the art-scene zeitgeist, and commanding sums in excess of figures fetched by the so-called ‘original greats’ " - The Fake's Progress by Stuart Husband
posted by The Whelk (4 comments total) 6 users marked this as a favorite
 
The best, cheapest art investment that I can damn near guarantee will have a large bubble/peak in the future that you can buy right now is probably counterfeit sneakers.

There is enormous care put into duplicating these "official" shoes, down to the packaging they come in, the proofs that collectors rely on to know what they've got is "authentic". Oftentimes, the fakes are functionally not different in terms of quality from the originals.

I have no doubt that a pair of carefully curated fake Yeezies will at some point sell for more than pristine authentic Yeezies.
posted by turntraitor at 11:43 AM on November 20, 2015


Prior to that, art served largely devotional purposes, with any attributed power residing in the object itself rather than in the hand of some omniscient maker, and a copy produces a new “biggest art fraud of the century” (as Scotland Yard termed Myatt’s case back in the ’80s).

da-whuh?
posted by LogicalDash at 1:56 PM on November 20, 2015


It's William Gaddis' world, we just live in it.
posted by chavenet at 2:15 PM on November 20, 2015




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