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Three Picassos Before Breakfast
Anne-Marie Stein

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PROJECT STATUS: This project was proposed by the Hol Editors and is open for anyone to take the lead on. Using the links at left, apply to join the team and help make this book happen. This is the story of 21st-century art forger David Stein, as recounted by his wife Anne-Marie. "When forger David Stein was sent to prison years ago, Joseph Stone, the New York City assistant district attorney who prosecuted him, said, 'What I find so pathetic about the Stein case and other fraud cases is that while the victims relied on the false representations of the defendant, the victims were also blinded by the inexorable craving for bargains in art. Their lack of knowledge in what they were purchasing, their unwillingness to seek expert advice, their gullibility made them easy victims of Stein, who had become an overnight wonder in the art world.'" ("Fakes, Frauds, and Fake Fakers," Milton Esterow, ARTnews, June 2005.) Project Notes: This book is currently out of print, but could be potentially be republished in a new edition. If an interested team were to form, their first step would be to contact the author to determine copyright status and seek her and her co-author's approval and involvement in the project.