Art Insurance is not “One Size Fits All”
December 31, 2009 by FineArtRegistry
Filed under Fine Art Registry, General Art Interest
Tailored to Fit - Fine Art Insurance
If you have read the previous three articles in a series authored by Shaunda Clifton in reference to fine art insurance, you are bound to be wondering whom to contact and how to approach the amount of coverage needed, not to mention the price tag. In this article entitled Insurance is not “One Size Fits All” Art Insurance Series #4, you will discover the best way to find the coverage that will fit your needs exactly. Read more
Park West Gallery and its Hired Experts Ewell and Fornes Exposed!
August 25, 2009 by FineArtRegistry
Filed under General Art Interest
Dali “Divine Comedy Fraud” Investigation in Spain!
La Razon - 24 August 2009
The horrific (Dantesque) fraud with Dalí
The center sued by the painter’s Foundation sells loose prints from The Divine Comedy. A publisher authenticates for the USA a collection which is the subject of legal battles.
Víctor Fernández, investigative reporter for LA RAZÓN newspaper in Barcelona, Spain, reports on the ever-increasing and ostensibly endless fraudulent and overpriced Dali “Divine Comedy” prints which are being sold in large part, by Park West Gallery a commercial art seller that figures prominently in this Spanish art fraud investigation along with its self-proclaimed, dime-store Dali “detective”, Bernie Ewell (who on his best day is a mere appraiser), but for a buck would authenticate a Dali Pez dispenser if asked to (that is, if there were such a thing). Shockingly, it also focuses on Park West Gallery’s newly hired “expert”, Eduard Fornés, who just happens to be in a nice cozy bed with Park West Gallery. Like Ewell, it appears that Fornés will do anything for money. Now that Fornés is implicated in wrong doing in Spain, what will Park West Gallery do now?
Read the complete article online at www.salvadordalifakes.com.
Ruling the Roost? - LAW v. SCIENCE
August 24, 2009 by FineArtRegistry
Filed under General Art Interest
The subject at hand, no pun intended here, is the science of handwriting analysis and its continuing evolvement throughout the legal system. Chronicling the ebb and flow of this science, Dr. John Daab, fine art fraud investigator and researcher, has written Art Forensics: Handwriting Analysis, clarifying what is now acceptable in a court of law and what is not. Read more