Fake or Fortune

I remember the Tom Keating programmes on the TV. They were fascinating. He was so clever.

I agree with what you have written Tweedle people are buying a name not a picture they could put a dot on the paper and if it was a ‘name’ it would command a big price
I hate the way this world is ruled by money alone and it all is

I once had a hilarious correspondence with art faker (not forger) Tom Keating. I still have his letters.

He told me he had once witnessed, "a piece of soiled toilet paper, exquisitely framed and signed "Peter de Krappen" sell at auction for £8,000 (in 1973), "to a rich young couple with more money than brains".

Yes it is all about the money. If an artist is lucky these days the art insiders and influencers will lead to prices being paid for huge sums while other really good painters can hardly scrape by. It's a strange world.

More over, just a small group of people authenticate he painting forever sealing its fate!

Art has always been about the money.

Yes - I always think that too - and on Antiques Road Show. None of it makes any sense at all!

Skilfully