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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:58PM (#28697462)
It's hard to make a forgery. I'd guess it doesn't change the scarcity equation much?
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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by bell-cot on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:56PM (#28699071)
This. From a quick web search, a matched pair of portrait paintings by Rembrandt sold for $180 million in 2016.

I'll venture that the most-skilled art forgers currently living would jump at the chance to earn even 1/100 that much, for producing a pair of faux-Rembrandt paintings.

[Edit - add the obvious missing "the".]

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