Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Steve Martin Paid Almost $1 Million For A Forged Painting

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Bad news for Steve Martin.

Turns out the comedian purchased a very expensive painting back in July 2004 at the Cazeau-B�raudi�re Gallery in Paris paying about $850,000 for Heinrich Campendonk?s Landscape With Horses pictured above.

Martin then sold it in February 2006 at a Christie?s auction for about $200,000 less than what he paid. Tough times for all it seems.

Even worse though, turns out the painting was a FAKE!

Fortunately for Martin, he sold the painting before it was determined to be a forgery. And being the funnyman that he is, Martin took to his Twitter account and posted:

"I was also once duped by a German vegetarian salad that was loaded with ham."

Apparently the forgery was made by Wolfgang Beltracchi, an accused leader of a forgery ring which has been around for decades.

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