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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark London, post: 45534, member: 346&quot;]There are simply too many items for sale on ebay at any point in time. It is almost impossible for items to get the proper visibility. Unless you are searching specifically for &quot;&quot;Lawrence&quot; or &quot;Renouard&quot;, etc. you are unlikely to spot an item. In addition, it is important to note that neither work bears a signature or estate stamp or any other mark. They were both sold with pretty big caveats. If you look at Bonham&#039;s terms of sale you will see that even if they list a piece as being &quot;BY&quot; an artist rather than &quot;attributed to&quot; him/her they are not offering any warranties. In the case of the Renouard drawing seller is very unclear as to whether or not it is an original drawing or even by the artist. The lack of quotation marks in the sentence &quot;In looking at the paper underneath the wood I can make out the words Paul Renouard Original drawing study of a child.&quot; makes it confusing. It is highly unlikely that Renouard, a French artist, would inscribe his works with titles in English. It is far more likely that all of the writing, including the artists&#039; name, was added by another hand and at a later date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite that fact that eBay believes that people are basically honest, there is so much outright forgery, fraud, and/or misrepresentation in the art category that many serious collectors will no longer touch pieces with an ebay provenance (except maybe for the Édouard Vuillard painting featured on Fake or Fortune season three episode 1).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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