A Seattle man by the name of Michael Little is facing time in federal prison after selling generic glass sculptures as Dale Chihuly artworks, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Little bought glass tchotchkes from flea markets and estate sales in and around his home in Renton, Washington, stamping the generic trinkets with Chihuly's false signature and eventually selling them for big bucks on eBay and other online auction houses. To corroborate his forgeries, Little created fake documen...
A Seattle Man Sold $128,000 Worth Of Fake Dale Chihulys And Now He's Facing Jail Time
The Huffington Post - 20 Nov 2013 22:42
A Seattle man by the name of Michael Little is facing time in federal prison after selling generic glass sculptures as Dale Chihuly artworks, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Little bought glass tchotchkes from flea markets and estate sales in and around his home in Renton, Washington, stamping the generic trinkets with Chihuly's false signature and eventually selling them for big bucks on eBay and other online auction houses. To corroborate his forgeries, Little created fake documen...
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