Fakes and forgeries

Two furniture experts have been fined and sentenced following a long-running French fake furniture scandal.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a remarkable armchair

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a pair of neoclassical tables, believed to be John Hobbs-Buggins fakes, selling for a tiny fraction of their original retail price.

Delegates attending the latest Goldsmiths’ Company London Assay Office seminar on April 12 were warned to be alert for faked objects purporting to be by the preeminent 18th century Huguenot silversmith Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751).

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a conviction for ‘fake’ Cornishware jars.

Two people selling faked Cornishware pottery have received suspended sentences and ordered to pay £80,000.

A group of scientists and art specialists met to discuss proposals to create industry-wide standards for condition reports and the verification of art and antiques.

The legal dispute over a Frans Hals (1582-1666) painting sold via Sotheby’s by Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss and Fairlight Art Ventures is set to reach the Court of Appeal.

A group of Mesopotamian antiquities destined for collectors in the UK was discovered to be fake and seized in an operation by Border Force and the British Museum.

Auction house Sotheby’s has won its case against Fairlight Art Ventures, the former business partner of Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss, over a Frans Hals (1582-1666) painting that the auction house now deems is a fake.

Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss has agreed an out-of-court settlement with Sotheby’s in the case of a $10m painting the auction house believed to be a forgery.