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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 9560103, member: 56&quot;]I saw an episode of Fake or Fortune where they were discussing a potential Gainsborough.&nbsp; If it was a Gainsborough, it would be worth £100,000.&nbsp; The two other major options were that it was by a Gainsborough imitator named Thomas Barker (Barker of Bath), or an unidentified artist.&nbsp; If it was by Barker, the value would be £2,000-3000; if by an unknown, maybe £1,000.&nbsp; All for that one specific painting.&nbsp; My take away from that was that you could buy a painting substantially indistinguishable from a Gainsborough for £1,000.&nbsp; And that&#039;s pretty much the difference between buying art as an investment vs. buying art you like.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The final decision attributed the work to Thomas Barker.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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