Clifford Irving's 10 Best Forgers of All Time

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
the see of rome 1
arturo alves reis 1
mr. x (copout - "by definition, the identity of the greatest forger of all time ... is unknown to us") 1
charles dawson 0
fritz kreisler 0
alcibiades simonides - not much info online on this dude 0
william henry ireland 0
elmyr de hory 0
clifford irving (lol humility) 0
hans van meegeren 0


congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

for the see of rome, he's referring to the donation of constantine as the forgery

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:12 (seventeen years ago)

here is some info on alcibiades simonides but it's in google books format

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:16 (seventeen years ago)

patricia highsmith's ripley under ground is a good book about art forgery.

Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:21 (seventeen years ago)

the article i linked about arturo alves reis is pretty great though whether you define can him as a "forger" exactly is a little iffy since the money he made was printed by an authorized, official currency printer ... i might vote for him anyways

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:44 (seventeen years ago)

this thread inspired by Top Ten Art Thefts

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:45 (seventeen years ago)

jordan OTM

besides irving himself the only one i really know of is elmyr de hory (because guess which movie i've seen)

ORGASM REMIX (donna rouge), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:50 (seventeen years ago)

charles dawson is pretty awesome too, piltdown man

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:51 (seventeen years ago)

i think maybe art forgery pales in comparison to archeological or fiscal forgery

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:51 (seventeen years ago)

reis story is cool

s1ocki, Monday, 16 February 2009 23:53 (seventeen years ago)

by the holy see does he mean forged papal bulls? the wiki entry doesn't really mention anything about it

ORGASM REMIX (donna rouge), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:58 (seventeen years ago)

he's talking about the donation of constantine, see my first post in the thread for link

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 23:59 (seventeen years ago)

whoa, how the hell did i completely miss that? thx

ORGASM REMIX (donna rouge), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Voted for Reis. Heck of a story and also because this is one of my fave true crime books

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/43/bb/cb4f228348a0b81640fbe010._AA240_.L.jpg

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 00:28 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 27 February 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

three votes? i thought this was a good poll :(

congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 February 2009 02:25 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

1. this is one my most favorite, least successful polls
2. this exhibit sounds amazing: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/arts/design/19antiques.html?src=twr

congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 November 2010 00:26 (fifteen years ago)

I guess it's only a five-hour drive to Detroit...

congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 November 2010 00:27 (fifteen years ago)

more like SNOREgers!

Onigaga (Princess TamTam), Friday, 19 November 2010 00:28 (fifteen years ago)


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