Apple 1 and memorabilia up for auction in Boston (NOT on Epay)

[Alan Perry]

Watch the Orson Welles film "F is for Fake" ...

On 12/11/20 6:56 PM, Jim Manley via cctalk wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM Glen Slick via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Anyone that was seriously going to put up the money for this would know
>> how to go about authenticating this item.
> 
> 
> It's been estimated by experts that a third to half of the "original
> artwork", previously valued at a total in the tens of billions in museums
> and collectors' places, are counterfeits.  There have been a number of
> well-researched news stories, including a full segment on "60 Minutes" a
> couple of decades ago, where a counterfeiter was interviewed and showed how
> he executed his craft.  One counterfeiter was so good that he sold
> paintings for tens of millions of dollars that were never even painted by
> the purported original artist, but were hinted at or described by art
> historians, based on rumors going back into the mists of time.
> 
> Caveat emptor ..
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM Glen Slick via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 8:23 AM W2HX via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> What am I missing? The picture shown on RR auctions shows the board with
>> no chips?
>>
>> Watch the (unlisted) video linked to the auction listing from Corey
>> Cohen. From what I have seen in the past he is pretty much the expert
>> on Apple 1 restoration and authentication.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDTchQuP_Ec
>>
>> In any case, it doesn't really matter too much what any of us here
>> think. Anyone that was seriously going to put up the money for this
>> would know how to go about authenticating this item.
>>