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Dr. John Daab CFE, CFC, AFC, RI - Fine Art Registry® Columnist
Art Fraud ExaminerBorn in Brooklyn, NY, John lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife of 45 years. John is father of three, and a grandfather.
He began work as carpenter apprentice, and went on to become a carpenter, superintendent, high rise builder and construction manager exec., a professor of construction at NYU, owner of two schools, sculptor, writer, business consultant, educational course and program developer.
Currently John is a Certified Fraud Examiner specializing in art and forgery research, a Certified Forensics Consultant, an Accredited Forensic Counselor, and a Registered Investigator from the American College of Forensic Examiners International.
Education: BA,/MA Philosophy, MBA Business, MPS/Industrial Counseling, MA Labor Studies, and has a PHD in Business Administration.
He is a member of the National Sculpture Society, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute, and Fine Art Registry (his works can be seen in his FAR online portfolio)
John has won awards for teaching management and service to NYU.
Article List
January 27, 2010:
Art Forensics #8: Forensic Science and Fine Art Media Testing
Fine art is created using many different media. There are close to 50 categories of fine art media including stone, paint, wood, paper, crayon, ink, plastic, fabric, steel, and so on. One merely... Read More
November 23, 2009:
Art Forensics #6: The Forensic Art Expert
Attorneys, and investigators who served in a prosecutorial function claim that they are experts because they have been involved in various art crimes. Other experts lay claim because they have... Read More
August 31, 2009:
Art Forensics #4: Forensic Linguistics
This article the focus will be on authorship determination as found through the process of composing the document by an author rather than the actual structure of letters and words. Document analysis... Read More
August 24, 2009:
Art Forensics #3: Handwriting Analysis
As with Forensic Science in general the concept of handwriting analysis moves in many directions and exists on many levels. Graphology or using a person’s handwriting to determine or predict... Read More
December 31, 2008:
Sculpting with Reinforced Concrete
Many years ago as a carpenter apprentice I was introduced to the different aspects of what carpenters do in construction. They frame houses with wood, build and install cabinets and floors, shore... Read More
December 10, 2008:
Nailing Down an Accurate Fine Art Appraisal
You have just purchased a work of fine art from the gallery around the corner. The owner assured you that the price you paid was based on an appraisal provided by the manager of the gallery, who... Read More
November 14, 2008:
A Portrait of the Architect as the Artist
Architects, in designing a building, traditionally combine squares, rectangles, triangles and circles or arcs (the elements of Euclidean geometry) to produce the kind of building you see... Read More
July 1, 2008:
Legalized Art Fraud and Droit Morale
If it isn’t bad enough that fine art buyers and collectors are surrounded by a system of poor oversight in the presentation of authenticity of artworks for sale, various laws legalize the product... Read More
February 20, 2008:
Fine Art Authentication Management
Some time ago Fine Art Registry™ reported that the Parker family, believing that a painting they possessed might be a genuine Jackson Pollock, contacted Paul Biro, Montreal based art restorer and... Read More
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