Study Proves 70% Of Art Sold Are Fakes

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“A new study claims that over 70 percent of artworks for sale are either fakes or misattributions. If that’s true, are galleries and the art-loving very rich being taken for fools?

But Yann Walther, executive director of the Fine Arts Institute in Geneva, told The Daily Beast that the headline-grabbing claims should be treated with caution. “People who come to us often already have a question about the authenticity of the work,” he said. “So this does not mean that on the market, 70 to 90 percent of work is fake.”*

Read more from The Daily Beast here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/17/are-over-half-the-works-on-the-art-market-fakes.html

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore and Gina Grad of The Young Turks discuss. Do you agree with Cenk’s complaints about art? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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