Auctioneer who helped create fake Basquiats gets probation
A Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty in April to making false statements to federal investigators about fake artworks that were marketed as works by J
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A Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty in April to making false statements to federal investigators about fake artworks that were marketed as works by J
Michael Barzman, the Los Angeles auctioneer who confessed to making the Orlando Museum of Art Basquiat forgeries, is sentenced to probation.
A Los Angeles auctioneer who helped produce faked Basquiats that went on view at the Orlando Museum of Art has avoided jail time.
Michael Barzman, 45, was ordered to perform 500 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine, the U.S. Attorney's Office says.
A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former