Name: Pawn Stars: Chum Catches a Fake with Art Expertise (Season 13) | History
Uploaded: 2020-03-19T19:00:50.000Z
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What do you have here is an aquatic etching by Moreau.

It's simple, but yet your subconscious still thinks What could this be?

This could be anything, you know, like it really gets you thinking.

Do you know what date on it or anything like that?

There's definitely a big market for Moreau's work.

In 2012 Sutherby set a record by selling his masterpiece 12 Blue for $37 million.

If this piece is really, it won't fetch millions, but it could be worth thousands.

So how much do you want to get for 12,000 closer thinking?

There's an art gallery downtown, but 10 years ago had similar etchings by Moreau, and they were selling anywhere between 40 and $70,000.

That's not out of the ballpark for Moreau piece.

The thing is, even, though, is our work is worth a lot of money.

He's one of the most faked artist around for this period of time.

I'm not a signature expert, but signature looks a little iffy to me.

It kind of looks like Stop and go, stop and go.

I would just like someone to come down and take a look at it.

So give me a few minutes and I'm gonna go call him.

I'm a little nervous to hear what the expert has to say, because I don't have a good baseline to know what it's worth, and I am also unsure if it's truly authentic.

All right, let's say that I don't know if we've called you down for one of these before.

Jeanne Moreau is really one of the 20th century Masters.

He's right up there with Picasso and Matisse.

He was a master of all media from engravings.

At her window, you can see that this is a figure.

You can see the appendages here, and it's it's probably a woman of the night wearing an ornate gown with beautiful flowing colors and standing in front of a window.

You've got stars, the moon or maybe these Air City lights.

I mean, this is really indicative of his late period work.

Okay, Now, did you have some specific questions, chump?

I don't know if it's grew, and also the signature is not quite as flowy as I would normally see from a Murrow signature.

Is it okay if we put this up on the table?

Yeah, I think what we have here is a It's a mixed media print.

I do see plate marks, which would be indicative of an engraving where they actually press the copper plate into the paper.

You can see it kind of, you know, the trace of it There.

So this does appear to be an original Moreau graphic.

Okay, now this is where I run into some issues.

I have seen this work and every single one that I've seen.

The signature usually appears higher up within the composition below the green, and the number typically appears below this orange spear.

The signature I'm a little worried about.

I mean, there's a lot of breaks in the arches of the M.

I think what this might be was an original graphic that somebody else signed and number no, which is a shame, because even an original graphic that's unsigned in a numbered, it's gonna be worth many thousands of dollars.

It's kind of like autographing a Mickey Mantle card yourself.

You know, it loses a lot of the value again.

But based on my experience with this particular work and Moreau, I just see too many red flags to advise chum to purchase it.

I'm afraid I had to advise charm to pass on the work.

Even though I think the graphic itself is genuine.

There's just too many question marks about the signature in the addition for me to advise him to purchase it.

So even though he thinks it's a really Moreau graphic, I'm gonna have to pass.

Thanks for bringing it in and look at it.

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