The $14 million collection of 657 ancient Indian antiquities, including a rare inscribed Bronze Avalokiteshvara statue, was successfully repatriated following investigations into infamous traffickers Subhash Kapoor and Nancy Weiner.
The father-daughter operatives behind the extensive scheme to peddle forged artworks, meticulously crafted in Poland and featuring fraudulent provenance, have now pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their sophisticated fraud against prominent New York City art institutions.
Having orchestrated an international forgery ring involving hundreds of meticulously crafted imitations spanning artists from Andrew Wyeth to Fritz Scholder, the father-daughter team now faces federal charges and millions in restitution for defrauding the art market.
An open letter from leading art historians and curators raises significant concerns regarding Stanley’s Auction House’s upcoming sale of works described as "tributes" to the Russian avant-garde, citing their problematic provenance tied to an ongoing forgery scandal and questioning Drouot’s association.
Jeffrey Wood, who replaced Yousuf Karsh’s 1941 “Roaring Lion” portrait of Winston Churchill at the Château Laurier with a replica before its recovery, now seeks a Supreme Court review of his sentence.
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