While auction houses sell paintings by Picasso and Matisse in millions of dollars, th
e buyer can find a painting by Gauguin at 950$ and a signed drawing by Renoir in 1200$.
Every day fake works of art are cataloged as authentic in the Internet and every day are they are being sold. There is a despair regarding the market of the fake works of art, for example the Foundation for the Preservation of Giacometti had found about -2005 fake statues, an amazing amount.