• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    A museum would rely on the expert opinion of a professor of art history from Paris.

    This choad abused a position of trust in order to pull off his con.

    • SadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Not that it’s not a shitty thing to do, but it also seems like the last person you would rely on for the value of an object is the person selling it to you.

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        1 year ago

        He had an accomplice make the furniture, presumably acting as a broker/authenticator.