Mark Jones (1) (1951–)

Intriguing analysis and virtual catalogue of art-world and scientific-world fakery, from ancient times to modern. A lot of the techniques, and the highlights (?) of forgery and fakery are noted here. In some cases, the fakes have managed to acquire a value all their own. Entertaining.

The catalogue from a landmark British Museum exhibition of fakes and forgeries of all sorts. A bit dry reading overall, even though the material is completely riveting.

Absolutely fascinating from the layperson's point-of-view. My only quibble is that there are not photographs for each entry, even though the references in the text indicate that there should be. But what is there is excellent. I wonder if there is a more fully illustrated edition available? Or if the decision to not include some photographs was made just before publication.