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Two French antiques experts have been convicted of forging historic chairs that they claimed had once belonged to French ...
"Brown furniture" is the antiques and interior decorating industry's shorthand for stately 18th and 19th century antique ...
Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France's Ancien Régime, they were ...
Jean Lupu is a Parisian antique dealer who is due to go on trial for fraud and money laundering. He is said to have made at least $14 million selling fake 17th- and 18th-century furniture.
“It’s definitely 18 th century,” he said ... don’t necessarily translate into high value. “These days, antique furniture, especially what’s known as ‘brown’ furniture, is down ...
One eBay seller is listing this 18th century antique item for $6,500. The porcelain bowl and pitcher were more common in the 1700s, but they have become more rare over time. Collectors ...
An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church. The chair is believed to have been taken some time in the three days preceding June 5. It was taken … ...
Georges 'Bill' Pallot and Bruno Desnoues were given four months behind bars along with suspended sentences for selling fake ...
Two French antiques experts have been convicted of ... as longer suspended sentences for selling a number of fake 18th Century chairs to collectors including the Palace of Versailles and a member ...