This week, a collector approached us with some American historical autographs, among them a pay warrant signed by Benjamin Franklin. It immediately brought to mind the National Archives' recent ...

What, exactly, is the “value” of a work of art? I have been asking myself this question since I read an Asahi Shimbun story about the Tokushima Modern Art Museum’s announcement that an oil painting in ...

Forgery in the manner of John Constable (1776–1837), "Seascape," watercolor, The Courtauld, London (all images courtesy Samuel Courtauld Trust) LONDON — A certain romanticism surrounds art forgery.

Two men are accused of kidnapping, forgery and theft after an incident that occurred on Tuesday.

An Italian artist has been arrested under suspicion of painting a fake El Greco connected to the Old Master forgery ring. This painting, San Francesco was seized from the Ca 'dei Carraresi in Treviso ...