Caught Selling a Forged Painting on eBay
Monday August 7, 2006
As the official website of eBay art forger Kenneth Walton tells it, forging the signature of the 20th-century Californian abstract artist Richard Diebenkorn on a painting and then auctioning it eBay on "was one of the most recklessly foolish things I'd ever done and once the auction ended, it was too late to turn back. The New York Times got involved. Then the FBI. And then things really spun out of control." Walton may have ruined his law career, but his actions have provided material for a book Fake: Forgery, Lies, and eBay, which The Guardian describes lying "somewhere between a thriller, an addict's memoir and a techie's journey to the dark side."
Read More:
• Guardian Article: A Brush with the Law
• Read an Extract from Fake: Forgery, Lies, and eBay
• 10 Clues Not to Bid on eBay (About eBay)
Read More:
• Guardian Article: A Brush with the Law
• Read an Extract from Fake: Forgery, Lies, and eBay
• 10 Clues Not to Bid on eBay (About eBay)
Comments
It interesting that he places the blame on ebay, not on his own lack of intergrity.