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Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme
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Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme
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Michael Barzman, who formerly ran an auction company that bought and resold the contents of storage lockers, said in plea agreement that he and another man made and sold 20 to 30 fake Basquiats
A one-time auctioneer has admitted to federal authorities that he and another man forged paintings that they attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is alleged that some of the recreations found their way into a 2022 exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art called Heroes and Monsters.
A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat