{"id":12026,"date":"2014-03-06T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=12026"},"modified":"2023-12-28T05:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T10:13:50","slug":"basquiat-estate-sues-christies-over-alleged-fake-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2014\/03\/basquiat-estate-sues-christies-over-alleged-fake-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Basquiat Estate Sues Christie&#8217;s Over Alleged Fake Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christie&#8217;s Auction House is under hot water after several works were put up for an online auction this month. \u00a0The Basquiat estate is suing the Manhattan auction house for allegedly using false advertising,, false endorsements, unfair competition and other claims since the works had not authenticated by the estate prior to the sale.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artfixdaily.com\/news_feed\/2014\/03\/05\/9580-basquiat-estate-sues-christies-over-alleged-fake-works\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mar5_Basquiat200x280\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mar5_Basquiat200x280.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"196\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artfixdaily.com\/news_feed\/2014\/03\/05\/9580-basquiat-estate-sues-christies-over-alleged-fake-works\">Basquiat Estate Sues Christie&#8217;s Over Alleged Fake Works<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christie&#8217;s Auction House is under hot water after several works were put up for an online auction this month. \u00a0The Basquiat estate is suing the Manhattan auction house for allegedly using false advertising,, false endorsements, unfair competition and other claims &hellip; 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