Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

FBI Seizes a Forgery of Andrew Wyeth’s Painting “Snow Birds” from an Auction House

October 28, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Crime & Legal

NEW YORK, NY.- David C Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the seizure of a fraudulent Andrew Wyeth painting from a New York auction house, and the seizure of Mesopotamian antiquities from a California antiquities dealer. The seizures resulted from two separate investigations. Forged Andrew Wyeth Painting Seized In July of this year, the United States Attorney’s Office, the FBI Wilmington Resident Agency, and the FBI Art Crime Team seized a forgery of Andrew Wyeth’s [...]