Digital BW, The Print

I don’t know how large of a piece of the art market is driven by fraud but I do totally agree that a segment of it is . A few times thru the years I got hooked up providing a repro service to a new client that was fraudulent.. To the best of my knowledge I did the right things in those occurrence’s. That’s a scary area from a service providers standpoint.. I’ve had people that have either bought or somehow come by an original and they want to repro and sell prints .. actually I’ve seen that end of it quite a bit. 

 

As far as David’s comment about selling collections or pieces to increase the value… Sadly I’ve seen that also.. what’s worse is that the transaction info shared wasn’t accurate. I guess all one can do is be as honorable as you can be..  When you’re dealing with people you just don’t know at times and that can be a real challenge.  This is so true in so many areas.. classic or collector cars fine musical instruments etc.. I could make a long list. I guess all I can be responsible for is me and what I do and if I need help I better make sure I’m smart enough to ask for it. 

 

In China right now , which is the second largest art market next to the US. They have so many fraud issues going on  that their really screwed up.

 

As a note and this is meant to be constructive, ok? In this thread I’ve seen many allude to that art is bought as an investment not as an appreciation purchase and that seems to be a wrong incentive to some. I’m just gonna suggest this ok? Now first theirs a couple of ways to look at this .. is the artist alive or dead… no kidden. I think it’s truly acceptable to buy as an investment.  I  mean what’s wrong with that.. beats the crap out of of bank interest… and if you think only the rich do your just not aware.. some years ago I did over 30 art shows a year promoting my work.. I’ve been fortunate was able to  do the CM Russell show..  A Canadian artist , an oil painter, was the at the end of the aisle.. first time I ever saw him  or his work, both he and his work were incredible. He had a piece their that stopped me in my tracks.. a portrait of an Indian Chief.. It was way expensive.. I did some homework on the artist at the show.. got lotsa help..  When the dust settled I pretty much gave him every nickel I made at the show plus a small check  to boot..  It’s hanging in my living room.. and the thing that got me to step off the curb was simply I believed in the artist.. As much as I’d like to say that I bought because I just loved lookin at it well that would be a lie.. I bought as an investment. I knew or felt this guy was going somewhere, hah actually he was already somewhere. He’s like the second coming of Howard Terpning who’s work I just love.. So I’m not looking back.  Yah know there’s a lot of things wrong with almost everything in world today.. I just can’t focus there anymore it’s to dark a place and limits me. I will finish my  life with no limits.

 

jimbo

 

 

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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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