Collector: Atlanta auctioneer & friend sold me $20M in fake art

Auctioneer accused of selling $20 million worth fake artworks by Dali and Banksy

The art appraiser claims to have appraised artwork displayed in the White House and even sold the most expensive movie poster ever

Collector: Atlanta auctioneer & friend sold me $20M in fake art

A Florida art collector is suing an Atlanta antiques dealer, accusing him of running an elaborate, years-long scheme to sell thousands of counterfeit artworks disguised as multimillion-dollar originals.

Dalí, Pollock, Banksy: Atlanta auctioneer accused of selling $20 million in fake art

A Florida multimillionaire spent years collecting what he thought was quite the art collection. Turns out, it was all a sham. In a lawsuit filed in federal court last week, he accuses his lifelong friend, an Atlanta auctioneer, of selling him $20 million in counterfeit artworks. The lawsuit says Allan Baitcher and his company, Peachtree Antiques, falsified authentication reports for more than 800 pieces of artwork. Many of those pieces came from…