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It's a sad commentary on modern life that even art is being used to defraud people and make money. There are so few institutions that we can trust anymore.

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The book S. Anderson recommends in these comments, "The 12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art," is a great source that examines this.

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Thanks -- well-known swindle... ;-))

Tom Wolf wrote a wonderful book on the subject “The Painted World”

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It's a little old now, but I really enjoyed "The 12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art."

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Thank you! In the back of my mind I knew there was a classic--https://www.amazon.com/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contemporary-ebook/dp/B0077QZ208

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I've noticed that your favorite citation is Ibid. Is this a first or last name? Male or Female? Prefix or title? E.g. ":Lady Delores van Ibid."

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You just joshing me.

Sometimes I forget which..ibid or op cit.

Do people even use these anymore but me?

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Yes, most of my great grandmother's friends in Sunny Acres use them.

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I imagine you saw this. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/magazine/wildensteins-inheritance-case-art.html Have you read Vonnegut's Bluebeard.

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