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7:30 pm

Fakes and Forgeries: The Art World’s Biggest Headache – Barton Civic Society

4th September 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Joseph Wright Hall, Queen St
Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire DN18 5QP

It is estimated that as much as 60 per cent of art on the current market is face.  Marilyn Roberts  returns to take a light-hearted look at hoe some of the world's leading auction houses, galleries and museums have been fooled by forgers working from home, such as the infamous Garden Shed Gang of Bolton.

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