Mid-Century Auctions

Estates & Design

The Fatal Millimeter: Inside the High-Stakes Forensic Hunt for Mid-Century Masterpieces

The forgery didn't surface at auction. It passed through a respected dealer in Brussels in 1987, acquired by a private collector who held it for eleven years before consigning it to Christie's, where a pre-sale technical examination revealed that the dowel joinery in the rear

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