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 MARINO MARINI CHAVALIER ET CHEVAL $700.00 Time Remaining: 2d 2h 32m Buy It Now for only: $800.00 |
 1967 Tipped In Print Marino Marini Waiting Equestrian Pink Black Abstract Art $54.95 Time Remaining: 27d 20h 35m Buy It Now for only: $54.95 |
 Marino MARINI Limited Edition LITHOGRAPH Le Sacre Du Printemps 1973 $229.00 Time Remaining: 7d 2h 23m Buy It Now for only: $229.00 |
 Marino Marini Cavaliere Lithograph $280.00 Time Remaining: 7d 16h 48m Buy It Now for only: $280.00 |
 1967 Tipped In Print Marino Marini Two Clowns Horse Abstract Red Black Geometric $60.95 Time Remaining: 27d 20h 34m Buy It Now for only: $60.95 |
 Tout Pres De Marini Marino Signed Numbered Etchings 44 $14,995.00 Time Remaining: 22d 3h 52m Buy It Now for only: $14,995.00 |
 MARINO MARINI Graphics Related Works Early Exhibition Catalog w BLOCKPRINTS $64.50 Time Remaining: 23d 17h 57m Buy It Now for only: $64.50 |
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 Marino Marini THE RIDE Etching Aquatint S N $980.00 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 12m Buy It Now for only: $980.00 |
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 1967 Tipped In Print Marino Marini Black Red Rider Brown Ground Abstract Shapes $61.95 Time Remaining: 27d 20h 34m Buy It Now for only: $61.95 |
 MARINI MARINO 1955 LITHOGRAPH Chevalier HORSEMAN RARE $440.00 Time Remaining: 22d 15h 46m Buy It Now for only: $440.00 |
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 Marino Marini Original Art Lithograph 1944 Custom Framed SUBMIT OFFER $1,100.00 Time Remaining: 11d 16h 7m Buy It Now for only: $1,100.00 |
 MARINO MARINI Original Lithograph Horses Hand Signed Framed $1,995.00 Time Remaining: 28d 1h 5m Buy It Now for only: $1,995.00 |
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 MARINO MARINI Juggler with Horse RARE FINE ART PRINT $34.99 Time Remaining: 4d 23h 29m Buy It Now for only: $34.99 |
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 MARINO MARINI Original Hand Signed Lithograph Framed 19 1 2 x 16 3 4 $325.00 Time Remaining: 3d 22h 56m Buy It Now for only: $325.00 |
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 Arp Ernst Barlach Lynn Chadwick Alexander Archipenko Marino Marini Anthony Caro $24.95 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 45m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 Rotterdam 1960 Henry Moore Eduardo Paolozzi Marino Marini Richier Giacometti $29.95 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 32m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
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 Chevaux et Cavaliers V c1972 by Marino Marini 36x28 $129.99 Time Remaining: 29d 10h 7m Buy It Now for only: $129.99 |
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 Horse and Jugglers Art Print by Marino Marini 30x37 $199.99 Time Remaining: 3d 2h 29m Buy It Now for only: $199.99 |
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 1968 Giacomo Manzu Marino Marini Lucio Fontana Emilio Greco Mirko Basaldella $34.95 Time Remaining: 2d 17h 5m Buy It Now for only: $34.95 |
 Marino MARINI Jongleur bordure bleu $39.99 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 32m Buy It Now for only: $39.99 |
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 Marino Marini Henri Laurens Ben Nicholson Paul Klee Arp Alexander Calder Morandi $34.95 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 47m Buy It Now for only: $34.95 |
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 1960 Marino Marini The Red Rider Poster $150.00 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 8m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 1967 Tipped In Print Marini Marino Horse Rider Nude Pink Black Abstract Shape $62.95 Time Remaining: 27d 20h 34m Buy It Now for only: $62.95 |
Marino Marini
Arrested Conman Who Tried To Swindle Sotheby’s
Hard times for some Milanese entrepreneurs involved in dodgy affairs. Last month the Carabinieri Unit of Cortona (Arezzo) arrested a Milanese entrepreneur caught with an important booty – 42 sketches by Picasso and two volumes by Leonardo da Vinci. Now it is the turn of another entrepreneur who will have to answer for attempted extortion to the detriment of Sotheby’s. A financial consultant, in crisis due to economic problems, tried to blackmail the renowned and prestigious auction house Sotheby’s hoping to pocket 800 thousand euros. And which better victim than a prestigious institution for the art market, which every day proposes and sells on behalf of third parties marvellous masterpieces and extremely valuable objects?
It all started last March. The swindle was conceived by the former partner of the entrepreneur who had put up for auction a work, “Piccolo Cavaliere” by Marino Marini, sold in London on 15th October 2007 for 782 thousand pounds, equivalent to one million 117 thousand euros. The man made his first step by sending a letter with intent of extortion, from Lugano to Rome, addressed to Filippo Lotti, director of Sotheby’s Italy. In the letter the man, in no uncertain terms, wrote that he knew that the work was a fake and that Sotheby’s had not carried out rigorous checks, therefore he threatened to report the fact, thus discrediting the good reputation of the auction house.
Clearly the objective was to have 800 thousand euros accredited to an account specifically opened in Singapore, in exchange for his silence, or else he would have spread the news slandering the auction house in front of its many collectors and potential buyers.
However, the director of Sotheby’s, confident about his work and about the auction house, certain of the authenticity of the sculpture (confirmed also by the expertise given by the Foundation Marino Marini of Pistoia, the only one entitled to give it), did not even take into consideration the blackmail and he binned the letter.
On the other hand, his challenger, having more and more difficulties, was not discouraged in front of the desire to get so much money and therefore he continued sending e-mails with intent of extortion to the British firm, using false online accounts opened on Italian, Swiss and American servers and harbouring with yearning his swindle. At that point Sotheby’s, having received a string of e-mails of doubtful provenance and definitely in bad faith, carried out new assessments on the certification of the object in question, reconfirming its professionalism. The persistence of the letters with intent of extortion sent to Sotheby’s premises in Rome, London and New York, from the address mmfalse@hotmail.com, convinced director Lotti to report the fact to the Carabinieri who kicked off the conman hunt.
Given the false identities of the shrewd impostor on the web, the work of the police force was delicate and complex; however, it allowed them to trace down the real sender in about three months. The investigation ended with the arrest of a 45-year-old Italian entrepreneur, IT expert, with a clean record and resident in the province of Milan, who aware that he had been uncovered immediately confessed without opposing resistance. Sotheby’s and its clients can sleep soundly.
About the Author
Silvia Bosi
Arcadja Art MAgazine
http://www.arcadja.com/artmagazine/en/2009/08/05/arrested-conman-who-tried-to-swindle-sotheby’s/
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