Digital BW, The Print

Don’t think for a second that a large part of the art market isn’t driven by fraud and misrepresentation. It’s not limited to photographs or even this century. This stuff is marketed, promoted and sold, just like soap. There are two meanings of the word appreciation when it comes to art and investors are more concerned with art as assets rather than the art itself. People value the intangibles and the story that goes with the art which is why an original is worth so much more than a reproduction that looks identical to it. Create the right story, and the buzz will create value. 
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Then he'll just have to create that too when the undisclosed buyer sells a 
piece to another undisclosed buyer. Even auction houses can be "worked" and 
the only cost is the commission for the house, which is a small price to pay 
for increasing the value of the entire collection several times over.


My concern is the extreme damage this is going to do to fine art photographers when the public becomes aware of this fraud.
Many will assume that all photographers lie about the value of their work.


David Kachel

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