http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/ Copyright 2003-2008 Global Fine Art Registry LLC. Fine Art Registry Investigates Long History of Suspected Fake Dali Prints from Torino-based Albaretto Family en-us 20 Oct 2009 07:49:00 MST http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/10/descharnes-undying-commitment-to-salvador-dali.php 20 Oct 2009 07:49:00 MST Theresa Franks For decades Robert Descharnes has seriously pursued Dali's decree to "honor" and "defend" the artist's body of work. There is no one that can dispute that Robert Descharnes was more than a secretary to the great painter. He was a cherished friend. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/09/10-sets-of-park-west-gallery-dali-prints-examined.php 09 Sep 2009 17:52:00 MST Fine Art Registry A brief summary of the examination by two international Salvador Dali experts, Frank Hunter and Nicolas Descharnes, of ten different sets of Dali prints sold by Park West Gallery for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Forged signatures and outright fake prints were found. Most of the prints examined were worth almost nothing. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/09/more-on-the-inadequacies-of-bernard-ewell-according-to-albert-field.php 04 Sep 2009 17:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry Throughout the Fine Art Registry investigation into cruise ship art auctions, representatives of Park West have repeatedly attempted to defame, slander, disparage, decimate, and lay waste to the good name and reputation of Albert Field, Founder and Director of the Salvador Dali Archives in New York and author of "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali". One of the Park West Gallery representatives leading the charge against Albert Field and his successor, Frank Hunter, is Bernard Ewell, an appraiser and his own biggest fan. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/park-west-gallery-and-its-hired-experts-ewell-and-fornes-exposed.php 25 Aug 2009 15:42:00 MST Fine Art Registry Víctor Fernandez, investigative reporter for LA RAZON newspaper in Barcelona, Spain, reports on the ever-increasing and ostensibly endless fraudulent and overpriced Dali "Divine Comedy" prints which are being sold in large part, by Park West Gallery a commercial art seller that figures prominently in this Spanish art fraud investigation along with its self-proclaimed, dime-store Dali "detective", Bernie Ewell (who on his best day is a mere appraiser), but for a buck would authenticate a Dali Pez dispenser if asked to (that is, if there were such a thing). Shockingly, it also focuses on Park West Gallery's newly hired "expert", Eduard Fornes, who just happens to be in a nice cozy bed with Park West Gallery. Like Ewell, it appears that Fornes will do anything for money. Now that Fornes is implicated in wrong doing in Spain, what will Park West Gallery do now? http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/the-horrific-dali-fraud-la-razon-spain.php 25 Aug 2009 15:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Horrific (Dantesque) Fraud with Dali. The center sued by the painter's Foundation sells loose prints from The Divine Comedy. A publisher authenticates for the USA a collection which is the subject of legal battles. La Razon, Spain. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/inadequacy-of-bernard-ewells-expertise-on-dali-graphics-according-to-albert-field.php 13 Aug 2009 17:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry Well over a decade ago, Albert Field wrote a letter responding in objection to an article written by art appraiser, Bernard Ewell. The letter establishes what little regard Field truly had for Ewell's expertise. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/creating-provenance-park-west-gallery-and-salvador-dali-prints.php 13 Aug 2009 14:15:00 MST Theresa Franks In its investigation of Dali prints sold at cruise ship art auctions, Fine Art Registry has found that, in addition to bearing forged Dali signatures, much of the provenance provided by Park West Gallery to support the authenticity of the graphics it has sold, is spurious, hopelessly incomplete or intentionally confusing and misleading. Much of the information concerning the provenance surrounding how, when, and where, the so-called Dali signatures were applied is either completely omitted from the provenance or history of the acquisition by the art dealer or mischaracterized. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/07/park-west-gallery-art-auction-on-video-misrepresents-dali-prints.php 23 Jul 2009 15:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry We were recently sent the following link to a video of part of a Park West auction on Enchantment of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) by an attendee who happens to be a Dali collector. This video was shot on July 19 2009. Two factors are particularly interesting. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/surreal-case-of-dali-art-sold-by-park-west-gallery-the-independent-uk.php 18 Jul 2009 13:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Independent (UK newspaper) reports: On the cruise of a lifetime came the chance of a fortune. Cahal Milmo reports on a family who claim they were 'swindled' out of $400,000. Press coverage of Park West Gallery fraud victim and Fine Art Registry member, Sharon Day. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/07/park-west-gallery-the-artists-magazine-dali-fakes-7.php 07 Jul 2009 17:10:00 MST David Phillips Park West Gallery Director Morris Shapiro deliberately fed false information to the public via The Artist's Magazine. His article was published under threat of legal action by Park West Gallery if F+W, the magazine's publisher, refused. Not only was the reading public misinformed, they were also subjected to false disparagement of the reputations of those who would provide accurate information to the public. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-sold-dali-print-with-forged-signature.php 03 May 2009 14:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Salvador Dali print sold by Park West Gallery aboard a Carnival cruise ship for over $13,000 was recently examined by two world renowned Dali experts. They found that the signature is a forgery, and that the print with the false signature had a value of $0.00. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/forged-salvador-dali-signature-on-print-sold-by-park-west-gallery.php 27 Apr 2009 22:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Salvador Dali print sold by Park West Gallery aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship was recently examined by two world renowned Dali experts. The verdict? The signature is a forgery, and one which they have been seeing a lot of on prints sold by Park West. Total value? $0.00. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/salvador-dali-fake-prints-from-park-west-gallery.php 17 Apr 2009 21:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry $22,000 worth of art sold by Park West Gallery aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and at a land auction was recently examined by two world renowned Dali experts. The verdict? One of the prints is a fake print with a fake signature. The other is a genuine print with a fake signature. Total value? $0.00. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/salvador-dalis-purloined-imagery.php 15 Apr 2009 15:55:00 MST Frank Hunter A person or persons, most probably in France or Italy, discovers the Dali illustrated Macbeth and decides the illustrations would make for good prints.... The publisher will market his product and attempt to recoup his investment with a profit even before the date of publication. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-divine-comedy-sets-compared.php 11 Apr 2009 20:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry This is a follow-up to the Fine Art Registry video entitled Divine Comedy? Divine Tragedy? Or Divine Farce? The Great Park West Dali Half Million Dollar Swindle. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-salvador-dali-blue-unicorn-blues.php 06 Apr 2009 15:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Bernard Ewell, Park West's Dali expert of choice, pronounces a Dali print given to a Park West employee in lieu of payment, to be an out and out fake with a forged signature. But Park West asserts they have never sold a fake piece of art. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/mara-albaretto-accused-of-forged-dali-paintings.php 13 Feb 2009 16:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Augsburg (rpo). Three weeks before the opening of a major exhibition of paintings by Salvador Dali in Agusburg the Hamburg-based magazine Art has leveled serious charges against the organization. In its latest edition the magazine claimed the exhibition in question was notorious among art experts for its inclusion of several forged paintings. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-shocking-revelations.php 04 Feb 2009 16:20:00 MST Fine Art Registry In light of the recent spate of black PR propaganda forwarded by Park West Gallery and its henchpeople, we decided it was high time to begin letting all those nasty skeletons out of the PWG (Park West Gallery) closet. We can assure you, and it is an understatement to state that you have never seen the likes of these skeletons. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-albaretto-collection-criminal-investigation.php 14 Jan 2009 12:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry The English Translation of the newspaper article, "Dali und die Danaer, Im Visier der Ermittler: die Dali-Sammlung Albaretto" that was published in the German newspaper, "Zeitung" on Sunday, August 8, 2004. Translated by Elenore Hadrys in August 2004. Courtesy The Salvador Dali Archives, Ltd. NY. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/abc-detroit-lawsuit-park-west-gallery-sold-fake-art.php 13 Jan 2009 16:46:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news report entitled, LAWSUIT: Southfield Gallery Sold Fake Art, Peggy Agar reports about the lawsuit against Park West Gallery for claims of selling fake art to customers. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/detroit-news-suit-claims-sale-of-forged-art-at-park-west-gallery.php 13 Jan 2009 16:44:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news article entitled, Suits Claims Sale of Forged Art at Southfield Gallery, Mike Martindale reports about the lawsuit against Park West Gallery for claims of selling forged artwork to customers. Fine Art Registry is referenced. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-salvador-dali-print-swindle.php 10 Jan 2009 23:56:00 MST Fine Art Registry Sharon Day and her husband Julian Howard were sold a full set of Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy prints for close to half a million dollars by Morris Shapiro of Park West Gallery in Southfield Michigan. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/cruise-line-art-auction-buyers-sue-park-west-gallery.php 07 Jan 2009 15:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial was filed against Park West Galleries, Inc., Albert Scaglione and Morris Shapiro (owner and gallery director, respectively) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-divine-farce-press-release.php 05 Jan 2009 09:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Global Fine Art Registry, LLC, has produced and released a documentary video in which internationally renowned experts on Salvador Dali and a research scientist examine a set of Dali Divine Comedy prints sold by Park West Gallery for close to half a million dollars, and state their unanimous opinions that the prints bear forged Dali signatures, in addition to a number of other anomalies in the set of boxed prints. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-swindle-part2.php 22 Dec 2008 12:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry Part 2 of a 32-minute, two-part documentary in which experts examine a set of Salvador Dali Divine Comedy prints, sold by Park West to two London based lawyers, for over half a million dollars. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-swindle-part1.php 22 Dec 2008 12:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry Part 1 of a 32-minute, two-part documentary in which experts examine a set of Salvador Dali Divine Comedy prints, sold by Park West to two London based lawyers, for over half a million dollars. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-swindle.php 19 Dec 2008 11:42:00 MST Fine Art Registry A short summary of a full length documentary in which experts examine a set of Salvador Dali Divine Comedy prints, sold by Park West to two London based lawyers, for over half a million dollars. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-signature.php 01 Dec 2008 08:30:00 MST David Phillips Did someone forget to remove the color from inside the loop of the "D" in Dali's signature when they carefully applied it to a print in the Park West Gallery catalog? http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/remembering-albert-field.php 11 Nov 2008 11:55:00 MST Frank Hunter The recent Associate Press article about Albert Field's donated playing card collection (to Columbia University), reveals his highly idiosyncratic interests.... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/parkwest-dali-authenticator.php 21 Oct 2008 16:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry The oldest, largest and most widely hailed auction houses in the world, Sotheby's and Christie's agree that the only definitive universal experts on the original works of Salvador Dali are Robert and Nicolas Descharnes of Paris, France... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-authentication.php 21 Oct 2008 14:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry It may be too obvious but it's worth stating: a genuine painting by Picasso, by Jackson Pollock, by Rembrandt, by any famous artist, can fetch tens or hundreds of thousands or even many millions of dollars; a fake or a forgery, which can often look very much like the real thing, is usually worth nothing or very little... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/video-parkwest-auctioneer.php 10 Oct 2008 10:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Video interview with former Park West auctioneer, Gavin Watson, who pioneered art auctions on cruise ships before Park West Gallery ever got involved or Park West at Sea was formed... http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/art-news.php#artist-magazine 10 Oct 2008 10:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Artist's Magazine November 2008 issue carries a two-page spread about the Fine Art Registry led investigation into the authenticity and value of two Dali prints sold by Park West at Sea for thousands of dollars... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/sothebys-dali-experts.php 23 Sep 2008 00:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry AUCTION GIANT SOTHEBY'S WEIGHS IN... on the subject of authentication of "ORIGINAL" Salvador Dali works of art... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/video-dali-fakes.php 28 Aug 2008 18:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry Five part video series in which Fine Art Registry takes Salvador Dali prints to world renowned Dali experts and authorities... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/press-082808.php 28 Aug 2008 18:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry International Dali Experts and Art Crime Police Find Dali Prints Sold by Park West at Sea to be Fake – Fine Art Registry Releases Full Length Video... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/gallery/ 28 Aug 2008 12:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry Photographs provided by the Salvador Dalí Archives Ltd., of New York City. Their provenance is Mara and Giuseppe Albaretto, Turin, Italy... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-archives-letter1.php 15 Aug 2008 16:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry A response to the recent outbreak of lies and slander about Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, and related matters... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/parkwest-dali-prints.php 23 Jun 2008 16:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Where do the Dali prints sold by Park West come from? The first step in examining this subject is to have a look at what Park West themselves say about the origins of the Dali prints they sell... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-prints-forgery.php 10 Jun 2008 16:55:00 MST David Phillips Fake originals and prints are a huge industry, and a scourge on the art market today. This is a study of forgery and fraud concerning two Salvador Dali limited edition prints....