The Gilt Frame That Hid Five Paintings - And $340,000 Missing
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The Gilt Frame That Hid Five Paintings - And $340,000 Missing
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A small-town gallery held a gilt frame that had quietly held four different canvases over decades, and records suggested nearly $340,000 in value had been shuffled beneath an unbroken provenance. How did a fifteen-year-old paperboy, a forensic accountant with an art history degree, and a conservator uncover a substitution scheme that no one had looked for?
In this episode, we follow the discovery at the Dunbarton Regional Arts Center, the scene at 4:40 a.m. on August 14, 2011, and the steps investigators took after a routine removal of the canvas revealed four separate staple patterns. What the archival photos and the frame’s inner stretcher together would reveal about the collection’s history is the question that drives the story.
Person: Marvin Simmons
Person: Carl Carter
Person: Patricia Wen
Date: August 14, 2011
Location: Dunbarton Regional Arts Center
- The dock door was found open at 4:40 a.m, on August 14, 2011.
- The gilt frame measured 36 by 48 inches and was described as heavy gilt-and-gesso.
- The painting "Study for a River at Dusk" had provenance records dating from 1963, authenticated in 1971, reviewed in 1989, and insured in 2003.
- The frame’s inner stretcher showed four distinct sets of staple holes, each from a different canvas installation.
- The painting’s market value was estimated at $60,000-$80,000, contributing to a larger discrepancy totaling about $340,000.
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