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sports2 years ago

IPL 2024: Meet Mallika Sagar, the trailblazing female auctioneer

Mallika Sagar, a successful art auctioneer, is set to become the first female auctioneer at the Indian Premier League (IPL) when she takes the stage at the IPL 2024 auction. Sagar, who has been a pathbreaker in the global art auctioneering circuit, credits former IPL auctioneer Hugh Edmeades for introducing her to the Indian sports-auctioneering landscape. She has previously auctioned players for the Women's Premier League and the Pro Kabaddi League. Sagar emphasizes the importance of personality and skills in auctioneering, regardless of gender, and highlights the need for composure and adaptability during live auctions.

via Al Jazeera English|
#auctioneer#cricket#ipl
crime2 years ago

Basquiat Forgery Scheme Uncovered in Museum Display.

An auctioneer from California, Michael Barzman, has admitted to creating between 20 and 30 fake paintings that he sold as authentic Jean-Michel Basquiats. Many of these paintings ended up in an exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art. Barzman worked with another person, identified as JF, to create the works, with JF spending just five to 30 minutes on each. Barzman created false provenance documents to back a story that the paintings had been sold to a screenwriter, who kept them in a storage unit whose contents Barzman bought. Barzman is now facing up to five years in prison on a charge of lying to the FBI.

via Newser|
#art-fraud#auctioneer#crime
crime2 years ago

California man admits to selling fake Basquiat paintings in fraudulent scheme.

Michael Barzman, a former auctioneer, has pleaded guilty to selling fake Jean Michel-Basquiat paintings, which he and another man created and sold on eBay and through Barzman's auction business. Barzman admitted to lying about the origin of the paintings and falsely attributing them to a well-known screenwriter's storage unit. The fake artwork made its way to an exhibit in the Orlando Museum of Art, where the FBI seized 25 of the counterfeit pieces. Making false statements to a government agency carries a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.

via NPR|
#art-fraud#auctioneer#counterfeit-art
crime2 years ago

Auctioneer Confesses to Assisting in Creation of Fake Basquiats at Orlando Museum.

Auctioneer Michael Barzman has agreed to plead guilty to making false statements to federal investigators and has admitted to helping create fake artworks that were displayed last year at the Orlando Museum of Art as previously unknown works of the celebrated artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Barzman admitted to creating between 20 and 30 fake artworks and then marketing them for sale as if they were authentic Basquiats. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

via The New York Times|
#art-forgery#auctioneer#crime