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  At Freemanart, one of the busiest independent art authenticity agencies in the world, around 40% of all our international enquiries are derived from concerned individuals about questionable works of art they have bought, are bidding for or having been presented at one time or another on EBAY!

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BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF PRESENTATIONS OF FAKE ART - PAINTINGS & SIGNED PRINTS SELLING ON EBAY

Artists such as:   PICASSO - REMBRANDT - DALI - RENOIR - CHAGALL - MONDRIAN - MATISSE - GAUGUIN - MIRO - VAN GOGH - COROT - KLEE - JOHN CONSTABLE - BRAQUE - MODIGLIANI - TURNER.

 The names of these artists are synonymous with those of the world's greatest film stars and they are about as famous as individuals as their works of art are priceless.

Drawings by Picasso are not worth 8 or 900 UK pounds, add two zeros!

 Then why, you must surely ask yourself, are these works of art not placed for sale in the most noble of all auction rooms in the world such as Sotheby's, Christie in the USA and the UK, Lempertz in Germany, Dorotheum in Austria or Tajan in Paris?

Exhibited there, properly researched and guaranteed as legitimate and authentic and proclaimed high aloft on a world wide stage where they will attract the wealthiest collectors in the world, all eager to add to their collections of priceless art and pay for the privilege!

Is it that they have been discounted by those auction houses already as not being worthy of presentation through them as they are unlegitimised and unproven, or that the owner knows full well they are not right in the first place?

Just look at the list of superstar artists currently represented on EBAY!

 Of Picasso's Ebay alleged as 'original' drawings, there are no less than 11 on Ebay plus a remarkable 130 original paintings and 69 signed prints.

The descriptions will tell you the name of the signature, ie/ signed Dali, but it does not specify that Dali signed it himself!

Salvador Dali on Ebay rewards us with 148 Prints, 78 original paintings, 4 sculptures and a drawing,

Kees van Dongen on Ebay sports 2 drawings & a painting.

There are 2 Eric Heckel very rare woodcuts, 138 Van Goghs' of one sort or another,  eight Marc Chagall drawings

and no less than 31 of his paintings.

"DUXBURY PROVENANCE"

***If you have bought or are considering any claimed to be by Chagall or Picasso works on Ebay supported by the British DUXBURY family provenance and paperwork, you are advised to CLICK HERE in confidence. We would be very pleased to hear from you.

 From the great Joan Miro's lifetime output come some 43 paintings but only 3 drawings, plus 59 works by Paul Gauguin, 2 works by Camille Corot and 12 John Constable paintings.

Mattisse contributes 7 drawings and 28 paintings to us, alongside 7 paintings supposedly by Piet Mondrian, a George Braque drawing,

4 paintings and a sculpture by Paul Klee, no less than 47 in total from Modigliani AND 73 from Pierre Auguste Renoir!

Monsieur Monet contibutes 134 paintings and a drawing to the bundle but Cezanne just 37,

& the British landscape genius James Mallord William Turner - 42 paintings and 6 drawings.

Incidentally, the Frenchman Bouguereau offers us 24 paintings plus there are a total of 32 old masters including 2 Rembrandts!

At this level, Sotheby's and Christies would be jumping for joy at the prospect of offering such celebrity status masterworks

for sale at one of their auctions.

This clearly is not a joke, it's an absolute sin!

Far removed from Renoir

Picasso would  go looking for the man who did this!

^ Images do not represent current works listed on Ebay but may at some time or another have been >

  Granted, many of the works of art listed on Ebay at any given time are simply misplaced within the EBAY categories. Either deliberately or otherwise.

They are actually commercial prints and not 'original' works of art by the artist at all.

Indeed, many so called 'originals' are commercial copies 'of originals', originating in the main these days from China. Paintings correctly and openly defined as such. But most, if not all of the balance are down & out fakes being disposed of by crooked individuals balancing clever word smithing in the descriptors with the knowledge that there is naturally public greed and an inability to see the truth.

 Very cleverly, many of these wheelers, dealers and doers of deeds, who list these types of pictures for sale on Ebay, neatly sidestep the law by stating somewhere within their descriptor that the work is sold as 'attributed to' whoever (Yes - they obviously are qualified to attribute it themselves in the first place ) and that it "comes without guarantee or provenance" Save however for the seller giving us the run around by telling us that it came from an estate sale in Switzerland, Swaziland, Monaco or Paris, following the death of a very well known socialite or collector.

They like to add something like; " It would be a great talking point at a dinner party and that its being regrettably sold because of the poor performance of the stock market and an increase in mortgage payments!

All of course that its listed without reserve to add to the deal with a starting bid of just $19.99.

So let's take a look at some examples:

Heres' the rub.

This piece below is highlighted in its EBAY banner headline as:

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Original Pablo Picasso Oil On Canvas Painting with COA

That is extremely specific and surely implies only one thing?

It is also listed as CUBISM:

This is not cubism my friend but an easy mistake to make but still not picked up by EBAY.

The seller then swiftly does an about face in the descriptor and tells us:

Expert opinion – N/A There is none: (Very honest. But you said there was a COA? A Certificate of Authenticity!   Is that not an expert opinion?)

Our opinion – An impressive painting certainly encompassing the style, imagery and in keeping with Pablo Picasso, the canvas although in good condition looks suitably old and in keeping with other paintings to come from the late 1930’s. Without a substantial provenance and no records going back for many years, we can only advise this painting is to be offered in the manner of Picasso. Very honest too:

But where is that COA mentioned in the Headline descriptor? It after all is a Certificate of Authenticity, implying that this is indeed authentic >

Could have said all that in the first place though couldn't they?

And yet another:

This is exactly how it was listed! Tells us much about the education and reliability of the seller who has no grasp of the use of Capital letters or English grammar.!!

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MIRO – ORIGINAL DRAWING GOUAsHE– SIGNED, matisse,chagall

 Now make your minds up.

Is this an original GOUACHE ( correct spelling by the way) signed "matisse, chagall" or is it as the lead line indicates by someone called MIRO?

Unless Matisse Chagall is the pseudonym if the con artist who painted this work!!!

We are then uniformly told about the work:

Acquired in Paris  in the 1980's , the drawing does not come with paperwork and is sold as attributed to MIRO, unframed and as is.

So, following Ebay’s policy, we must say it is a drawing offered “as is”
 a drawing like,  after or in manner of this artist. But not necessarily by him.

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And another:

Matisse Signed Guaranteed Original Artwork with COA

 Is accurate as a descriptor but you will read it entirely differently.

It is 'Mattisse' signed because it bears the name Matisse.

It does not say that Matisse signed it though. But you will see the implication of legitimacy because of the ambiguity of the wording!

It is "Guaranteed as original artwork" too but it's not guaranteed to be by Matisse himself as it quite rightly says in the descriptor which follows:

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN ORIGINAL  ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTWORK  for the price of a print or lithograph
in the manner of  HENRI MATISSE                    BEARING HIS INSCRIBED SIGNATURE

Title: Fruit Bowl and Plant
Medium: Paint on Canvas
Style Date: Circa 1914
Artwork Size: 12.5 x 16"

The style date  may indeed be as says and we are somewhat relieved that the medium is paint of some kind!

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A  LITTLE  COAXING ( Calinerie ) 1890 BOUGUEREAU CANVAS

LISTED NICE AND DELIBERATELY placed in Ebay's    "PAINTINGS" section

A canvas what though?

They go on to tell us it' s a:

"Beautiful reproduction of Adolphe-William Bouguereau painting Calinerie (A Little Coaxing) beautifully transferred directly onto professional Artists Canvas offering depth and texture absent in poster prints.
Enchanting !"

It is absolutely enchanting, but as a repro print!

At Freemanart, one of the busiest independent art authenticity agencies in the world, around 40% of all our international enquiries are derived from questionable works of art being presented at one time or another on EBAY!

It says everything!

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