"Based on the proceedings of the symposium held at Photonics East 1999 [in Boston on September 20-21, 1999], sponsored by SPIE, the International Optical Engineering Society, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA ; ICAI, the International Center for Art Intelligence, Culver City, CA 90230-5109, USA ; FFE, Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts, Castagnola, CH-6976, Switzerland."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Table of Contents; 1. Preface; 2. R.W. WOOD: FAKEBUSTER EXTRAORDINAIRE; 3. Art Fakes and the Statue of Limitations; 4. Determination of Authenticity of Engraved Scrimshaw; 5. SCIENTIFIC DETECTION OF PHILATELIC FORGERIES; 6. Insurability of Art; 7. DNA as a Security Marker; 8. Authentication at a Small Museum: the Kindness of Strangers; 9. ART IN TRANSIT: INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION OF FINE ART; 10. The Use of Raman Spectroscopy in the Art World; 11. Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts (FFE); 12. Madame Curie; 13. Non-Destructive Analysis of Artifacts by Using XRF, FTIR, and SEM/EDX.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded US $100 million at auction, the forgers are extricating their bag of tricks. This fascinating collection of papers provides an eclectic coverage of the art and philatelic concerns in safeguarding the integrity of creative artists. It paints a broader swath of the problems in art authentication, including philatelic fraud. The articles represent 24 expert contributions on relevant topics pertaining to the scientific detection of forgery in art and philately.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Fakebusters II.
International Standard Book Number
9812560254
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Scientific detection of fakery in art and philately
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Art and science, Congresses.
Art-- Expertising, Congresses.
Art-- Forgeries, Congresses.
Art-- Radiography, Congresses.
Expertising, X-ray, Congresses.
Science and the arts, Congresses.
Art and science.
Art-- Expertising.
Art-- Forgeries.
Art-- Radiography.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Museum Administration & Museology.
Detectie.
Expertising, X-ray.
REFERENCE-- General.
Science and the arts.
TRAVEL-- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Vervalsing.
Wetenschappelijke technieken.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
BUS-- 100000
REF-- 000000
TRV-- 016000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
069/
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54
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
N8790
Book number
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F35
2004eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Chartier, Duane R.
Weiss, Richard J., (Richard Jerome),1923-
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
International Center for Art Intelligence.
Philatelic Fakes Forgeries and Experts.
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.