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Dealer Mark Weiss Defends His Frans Hals

February 6, 2017 by Marion Maneker

franz-hals-portrait-of-a-manMark Weiss, the old masters dealer who sold the Frans Hals paintings Sotheby’s now says is a forgery, has provided the Antiques Trade Gazette with a statement disputing the claims against his business and Fairlight Art Ventures made by Sotheby’s:

The statement said Weiss and “highly respected scientific conservators” believe further testing should be carried out “before the assertion that this work is a modern fake can be definitively made.”

The statement said Sotheby’s has “repeatedly refused to allow Weiss’s experts access to the painting to carry out the further tests.”

Sotheby’s and dealer Mark Weiss head to court in Old Master dispute over Frans Hals portrait (Antiques Trade Gazette)

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