Hand Signed

Not only must necessarily be only Ebay. It can be anywhere on the Internet. But Ebay seems to be a dominant force in the course of writing the great an artist as Picasso and Neiman search engine. The problem is that many or most art buyers are not connoisseurs, and therefore have little knowledge what dealer artwork should be telling them. It is as if the designer knockoffs that abound throughout the world. The principle is that if has a very low price, it's probably fake. There are a few simple things to look for, even if you're a beginner.

The biggest culprit is false or fraudulent signatures. Because the true signature of Picasso piece pushes prices tenfold or more, it becomes easier to shape. If you have a nice fake, oversized books to buy his etchings and spend several days trying to copy his signature. If you think that has mastered it well enough, then grab the crayon or pencil and sign the name at the bottom. Then post it on Ebay for one hundred dollars and make pure profit. When that happened, there are several ways to cover up the web posting and does not seem to pulling Fast One.

You start the main heading. Saying, "Hand-Signed Picasso Print" You are stating a fact. The fact that the signature was not signed by Picasso Is there anything left to the imagination. This is a print, but comes from a book. Now here is a description of the sample:

"This is a wonderful full print color etching by Picasso done in 1965. It was discovered recently in a private collection and the signature in red crayon and hand-signed. Is able to prefect and comes with a letter the authenticity of my gallery. I personally oversaw the transfer from print in our gallery. It would be a valuable asset to any collection. There is no minimum price, as I would like that is accessible to anyone interested. Shipping and insurance $ 25. Good luck and good bidding.

Did he mention 50 of them signed prints himself? No wonder it can afford to give them away. If only got ten U.S. dollars plus shipping, as its profit on worthless pieces of paper? Say $ 30 times 50, which comes out to $ 1500. Then do the same thing for Miro and Chagall, and if it sells within a month, take decent bilking the public. Is it really possible, they may be asking? It is happening and how I say. One person is the sale of these elements of law in this time. He says that each element is signed crayon. If you pull up Picassos, all of which are burnt in red crayon. Miro is blue Chagall in crayon and pastel green. Do you deliver to Neimans black crayons?

Let's Go to my general description of Picasso. Where is? In a letter that appears to say that the graphics are "real Picasso print of a limited edition that is hand-signed in crayon from the private collection." Of course, that was not hand-signed by the artist and comes from his private collection of "art books", but it is only technical. Imagine that he gets a lot of positive feedback, because the price is right and speaks the art quickly. Everyone is happy, until they try to sell it later.

There are 1000 on these types of auctions on eBay and other websites. If you are a serious collector, you will need to devote more than a few dollars to print signed. If you do not care whether it was true or not, and then offered to buy the cheapest print. Heck, you can just buy artwork, and even sign the name of the artist himself. Then cut out the intermediary at all. I've been a collector of art for 30 years and knew all the tricks. For your homework and be on visible symptoms. Spotting the fakes is an art in itself.

Robert McNamara - The Hand that Signed the Paper