Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay - Couverture souple

Walton, Kenneth

 
9781416948056: Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1416948058 ISBN 13 : 9781416948056
Editeur : Gallery Books, 2007

Synopsis

Ripped from the headlines of the New York Times, Fake describes Kenneth Walton's innocent beginnings as a lawyer turned online art-trading hobbyist, whose satisfaction in reselling thrift store paintings for a profit soon became a fierce addiction to eBay. In a landscape peopled with colorful eccentrics hoping to score museum-quality paintings at bargain prices, Walton entered into a partnership with con man Ken Fetterman. Over the course of eighteen months they managed to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling forged paintings and bidding on their own auctions to drive up the prices. When their deception was discovered and made international headlines, Walton found himself stalked by reporters and federal agents while Fetterman went on the lam, sparking a nationwide FBI manhunt.

In this sensational story of the seductive power of greed, Kenneth Walton breaks his silence for the first time and details the international scandal that forever changed the way eBay does business.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kenneth Walton was a lawyer when he began selling art on eBay in 1999. Over time his online sales tactics grew increasingly fraudulent, culminating in the $135,805 sale of a forged Richard Diebenkorn painting in May 2000. The story of this infamous auction, first broken by an investigative report published in the New York Times, ultimately resulted in his prosecution by the federal government for placing shill bids. He was sentenced in June 2004, is no longer a lawyer, and lives in Northern California. This is his first book. You can visit his website at www.kennethwalton.com.

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Éditeur
Gallery Books
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1416948058
ISBN 13 
9781416948056
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union
info@simonandschuster.nl

Herculesplein 96
AA Utrecht
3584
Pays-Bas

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9781416907114: Fake: Forgery, Lies, and eBay

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1416907114 ISBN 13 :  9781416907114
Editeur : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006
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