With Misattributed Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification

A painting by John Constable, which sold in 2013 for about $5,200 at Christie’s, was put on the block at Sotheby’s in January and fetched $5.2 million, a demonstration of what an expert’s opinion can do. [Source]

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Sotheby's

Topics: opinion, expert’s, demonstration, million, fetched, January, Sotheby’s, block, Christie’s, which, Constable, painting, Identification, World, Imprecise, Masterpiece, Misattributed

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