edited by Richard J Weiss & Duane Chartier

Table of Contents (59k)
Preface (28k)
Chapter 2: R. W. WOOD -- Fakebuster Extraordinaire (725k)

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.

• Fakebuster Extraordinaire (R W Wood)
• Art Fakes and The Statue of Limitations (A Feld)
• Authenticity of Engraved Scrimshaw (D Ridley)
• Detection of Philatelic Forgeries (M Bristow)
• Insurability of Art (R Vara)
• DNA as a Security Marker (C Outwater & R Tullis)
• Authentication at a Small Museum (D K S Hyland)
• Art in Transit (D Straus)
• Raman Spectroscopy in the Art World (K P J Williams et al.)
• Fakes, Forgeries and Experts (FFE) (P Vollmeier)
• Madame Curie (R J Weiss)
• Non-Destructive Analysis of Artifacts (M Schreiner et al.)
• International Center for Art Intelligence (ICAI) (D Chartier)
• How Appraisers Deal with Authenticity (E N Okil)
• Framing and Care of Original Works of Art on Paper (E N Okil)
• Fakery in Graphic Arts (H Hansen)
• Optical Tricks to Foil Counterfeiters (R W Hardin)
• Raman Spectroscopy to Solve Crime (M Claybourn & M Ansell)
• ICAI, FFE, Roster 10/99 (D Chartier et al.)