Violin Fraud - Brian W. Harvey, Carla J. Shapreau

Violin Fraud

Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America
Buch | Hardcover
234 Seiten
1997 | 2nd Revised edition
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-816655-9 (ISBN)
155,85 inkl. MwSt
This text detects the background to the violin fraud and explains how the law applies to it. Much of what is said applies to the antique world generally, but there are specific and pressing problems relating to string instruments with which this book is particularly concerned.
Instruments of the violin family are well known to be exceptionally valuable if they are the work of an Italian master such as Stradivari or Guarneri. Unfortunately, in common with many other antique articles of value, the forger, the defrauder, and the thief operate in the world of the violin in a very conspicuous way. With varying degrees of skill, labels are altered, certificates of origin are spuriously created, instruments are even made from new but disguised to look old and to reproduced the features of an old master. Buyers, dealers, and even auction houses can easily make distressing and very expensive mistakes.

Many people who own instruments, or who are interested in buying them, want to know more about the dangers, the pitfalls, and the case histories of previous disasters. The law itself is widely misunderstood and its wide ambit not appreciated. Those who contravene the law risk actions for civil damages as well as criminal prosecution, primarily by the ever more vigilant Trading Standards Department of local authorities.

It is the intention of this book to detect the background to this fraudulent activity and to explain how the law applies to it. Much of what is said applies to the antique world generally, but there are specific and pressing problems relating to to string instruments which have not been analysed in detail before and with which this book is particularly concerned.

This new edition includes an account of American law as it relates to to violin commerce, including a discussion of violin theft, fraud, and contract issues, product disparagement, and slander, auction issues, tax issues, secret commissions, ethics, and intellectual property theft.

PART I ; PART II (CARLA SHAPREAU)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.12.1997
Zusatzinfo figures
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 145 x 225 mm
Gewicht 465 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Instrumentenkunde
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht
ISBN-10 0-19-816655-9 / 0198166559
ISBN-13 978-0-19-816655-9 / 9780198166559
Zustand Neuware
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