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...scandal," concerning the fake antique Gothic statuary in American museums, is investigated by Rene Gimpel, noted French connoisseur. Gimpel says the scandal is faked but the statuary is genuine. Once more the press is hoist by its own sensation...
...that is only the beginning of the matter. A chorus of other cries of "falsehood! "were raised: Restorers of statues for French museums had removed statues and returned imitations. Six fake antique statues had been sold to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Twenty per cent of the Gothic statuary in the Metropolitan was not bona fide. A prominent New York and Paris dealer made a practice of selling clever forgeries to " These dirty Americans," et cetera, et cetera...
Many of the charges are vague and anonymous. Some of them are ridiculous. Art experts are reserved in their comment-and for good reason. It may cost $500,000 to say another dealer's wares are fake. Sir Joseph Duveen is even now being sued for that amount for alleged aspersions on the genuineness of a statue. Others have faced similar suits...
...declared that for 1,000 francs a statue worth 150,000 francs can be reproduced-so accurately, perhaps, as to pass undetected by experts. It is admitted that it would be difficult for a fake to pass the experts of the Louvre or the Metropolitan, but experts differ among themselves as to what is genuine, what is spurious. The inquiry is raised: "If experts cannot tell the difference, what are we paying for, age or beauty...