Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary,
California Courts of Appeal
Aug. 7, 2017
Fake
I was at a dinner party at a friend’s palatial mansion. There on the wall of the living room was Van Gogh’s “Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers.” I said to him, “You must have paid a fortune to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.” He replied with the nonchalance of the well-to-do, “It’s a fake.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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I was at a dinner party at a friend’s palatial mansion. There on the wall of the living room was Van Gogh’s “Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers.” I said to him, “You must have paid a fortune to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.” He replied with the nonchalance of the well-to-do, “It’s a fake. So is the Picasso in the den. They cost plenty.” His casual response brought home that today fake is de rigueur.
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