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Title Fakebusters II : scientific detection of fakery in art and philately / edited by Richard J. Weiss and Duane Chartier
Published Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, [2004]
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Description x, 317 pages, 67 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Series Series in popular science ; v. 4
Series in popular science ; v. 4
Contents Machine derived contents note: 2. R.W. Wood; Fakebuster Extraordinaire 2 -- Extract from the Biography "Doctor Wood, Modem -- Wizard of the Laboratory" -- William Seabrook -- 3. Art Fakes and The Statue of Limitations 23 -- Alan Feld -- Law Professor at Boston University -- 4. Authenticity of Engraved Scrimshaw 33 -- Donald Ridley -- Assistant Curator, Kendall Whaling Museum -- 5. Detection of Philatelic Forgeries 55 -- Mercer Bristow -- American Philatelic Society -- Director of the Expertizing Service -- 6. Insurability of Art 66 -- Rende Vara, -- Chubb Insurance -- 7. DNA as a Security Marker 86 -- Chris Outwater -- DNA Technologies Inc., Los Angeles,CA -- Rick Tullis -- DNA Sciences, Carlsbad, CA -- 8. Authentication at a Small Museum 103 -- Douglas K. S. Hyland -- New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT -- 9. Art in Transit 118 -- Reprinted with permission from The John Liner Review -- Dorit Straus -- Assistant Vice President of ACE USA -- 10. Raman Spectroscopy in the Art World 138 -- Ken P. J. Williams -- Renishaw PLC, Old Town, -- Wotton-under-Edge, Glouchestershire -- Lucia Burgio and Robin J. H. Clark -- University College London, Christopher Ingold -- Laboratories -- IlL Fakes, Forgeries and Experts (FFE) 150 -- (Philately) -- Paolo Vollmeier -- Switzerland, President of the Commission for the Fight -- Against Forgeries of the FIP -- 12. Madame Curie 157 -- (Fiction) -- Richard J. Weiss -- Fakebusters -- 13. Non-Destructive Analysis of Artifacts 180 -- Manfred Schreiner, Dubravka Jernbrih, and -- Robert Linke -- Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, -- Austria and Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Vienna -- University of Technology, Vienna, Austria -- Michael Mantler -- Institute of Applied and Tiechnical Physics, Vienna -- University of Technology, Vienna, Austria -- 14. International Center for Art Intelligence 210 -- ( CAI) -- Duane Chartier -- 15. How Appraisers Deal with Authenticity 218 -- Edward N. Okil -- Executive Director, National Institute of Appraisers -- 16. Framing and Care of Original Works of Art 235 -- on Paper -- Edward N. Okil -- Executive Director, National Institute of Appraisers -- 17. Fakery in Graphic Arts 242 -- Howard Hansen -- Museum of Printing, North Andover, MA -- 18. Optical Tricks to Foil Counterfeiters 268 -- Origina ly published in "OE REPORTS" -- R. Winn Hardin -- 9. Raman Spectroscopy to Solve Crime 275 -- M. Claybourn -- Spectroscopy Products Division, Renishaw PLC, Old -- Town, Wotton-under Edge, Gloucestershire -- M. Ansell -- Forensic Document Examiner, -- Herne Bay, Kent, UK. -- 20. ICAI, FFE, Roster 10/99 299 -- Duane Chartier, ICAI and Paolo Vollmneier, FFE -- Chairmen -- Richard J. Weiss, Fakebusters -- Secretary
Notes "Based on the proceedings of the symposium held at Photonics East 1999 in Boston on September 20-21, 1999, sponsored by SPIE, the International Optical Engineering Society, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA; ICAI, the International Center for Art Intelligence, Culver City, CA 90230-5109, USA; FFE, Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts, Castagnola, CH-6976, Switzerland."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Postage stamps -- Forgeries -- Congresses.
Art -- Forgeries -- Congresses.
Art -- Expertising -- Congresses.
Art and science -- Congresses.
Expertising, X-ray -- Congresses.
Science and the arts -- Congresses.
Art -- Radiography -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Weiss, Richard J. (Richard Jerome), 1923-
Chartier, Duane R.
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
International Center for Art Intelligence.
Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts (Organization)
LC no. 2007274489
ISBN 9812560254 paperback
Other Titles Scientific detection of fakery in art and philately