Famous photograph of Winston Churchill missing from Ottawa Hotel

[bob carnie]

In a year or so, it won't be remembered by many. The world of art dealers is rife with dishonest liars and cheats. If it was eventually obtained by such a dealer, it could probably be sold without much effort.

Ok I kind of take exception about a general slag on Art Dealers, yes there are some bad apples like any industry, I happen to know a lot of very top notch people that are being smeared with your brush.

[Pieter]

Ok I kind of take exception about a general slag on Art Dealers, yes there are some bad apples like any industry, I happen to know a lot of very top notch people that are being smeared with your brush.

Unfortunately, photographs exist in many editions, sometimes identifying a stolen one can be difficult unlike paintings where there is only one original. I know many quite honest and straightforward art dealers and gallery directors. But the number of flakes and cheats is quite large. A quick sampling of recent and some better-known instances:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/a...entencing.html
https://petapixel.com/2023/07/17/pho...zzling-scheme/
https://www.wxyz.com/news/birmingham...t-fraud-scheme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothko...%2C%20directly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoedler

And like restaurants, art galleries regularly go under, sometimes leaving their artists and clients in the lurch.

[bob carnie]

Unfortunately, photographs exist in many editions, sometimes identifying a stolen one can be difficult unlike paintings where there is only one original. I know many quite honest and straightforward art dealers and gallery directors. But the number of flakes and cheats is quite large. A quick sampling of recent and some better-known instances:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/a...entencing.html
https://petapixel.com/2023/07/17/pho...zzling-scheme/
https://www.wxyz.com/news/birmingham...t-fraud-scheme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothko...%2C%20directly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoedler

And like restaurants, art galleries regularly go under, sometimes leaving their artists and clients in the lurch.

Ok I would suggest you should add , Real Estate dealer, Bankers , Lawyers, Doctors , Dentists .......... the list is endless

[r.e.]

Yesterday, a Canadian court sentenced the thief to two years in prison:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...jail-1.7543881