Violin Fraud: Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America

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Brian W. Harvey (Professor of Law and Director of Legal Office, Professor of Law and Director of Legal Office, University of Birmingham) Carla J. Shapreau (, Attorney with law firm Giancarlo & Gnazzo, P.C., San Francisco)

Violin Fraud

Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America

Brian W. Harvey (Professor of Law and Director of Legal Office, Professor of Law and Director of Legal Office, University of Birmingham), Carla J. Shapreau (, Attorney with law firm Giancarlo & Gnazzo, P.C., San Francisco), Carla J. Shapreau

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Clarendon Press
01 October 1997

Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks; String instruments; Constitutional & administrative law; Fraud

Instruments of the violin family are well known to be exceptionally valuable if they are the work of an Italian master such as Stradivari or Guarneri.

Unfortunately, in common with many other antique articles of value, the forger, the defrauder, and the thief operate in the world of the violin in a very conspicuous way.

With varying degrees of skill, labels are altered, certificates of origin are spuriously created, instruments are even made from new but disguised to look old and to reproduced the features of an old master.

Buyers, dealers, and even auction houses can easily make distressing and very expensive mistakes.

Many people who own instruments, or who are interested in buying them, want to know more about the dangers, the pitfalls, and the case histories of previous disasters.

The law itself is widely misunderstood and its wide ambit not appreciated.

Those who contravene the law risk actions for civil damages as well as criminal prosecution, primarily by the ever more vigilant Trading Standards Department of local authorities.

It is the intention of this book to detect the background to this fraudulent activity and to explain how the law applies to it.

Much of what is said applies to the antique world generally, but there are specific and pressing problems relating to to string instruments which have not been analysed in detail before and with which this book is particularly concerned.

This new edition includes an account of American law as it relates to to violin commerce, including a discussion of violin theft, fraud, and

contract issues, product disparagement, and slander, auction issues, tax issues, secret commissions, ethics, and intellectual property theft.

By: Brian W. Harvey (Professor of Law and Director of Legal Office Professor of Law and Director of Legal Office University of Birmingham), Carla J. Shapreau (, Attorney with law firm Giancarlo & Gnazzo, P.C., San Francisco), Carla J. Shapreau
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 465g
ISBN: 9780198166559
ISBN 10: 0198166559
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 01 October 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I 1: A Case Study in Supply and Demand - the Violin Scene 2: History of Violin Frauds 3: Liability for Misdescriptions - Civil and Criminal Law 4: Business for Pleasure - Legal Traps 5: Misdescriptions and False Labels 6: Fakes and Forgeries - the Problem of Attribution 7: Stolen Violins 8: Improving Violin Trading and Repairing Standards Part II (Carla Shapreau) 9: The Purloined Violin 10: International and Innocent Misdescriptions 11: Breach of Contract and Warranties 12: Auction Issues 13: Discovery of Fraud and Deception: Fiddling Away the Time - The Statute of Limitations and other Defenses 14: Defamation and Product Disparagement 15: Tax Issues 16: Secret Commissions 17: Criminal Liability 18: Ethics 19: Intellectual Property Appendix: A Summary of Practical Guide-Lines for Everyone Involved in the Violin Trade Bibliography Table of Cases Table of Legislation Index

Reviews for Violin Fraud: Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America

Essential reading for anyone who is involved in the business of musical instruments in any way, and recommended reading for those who own or purchase instruments. The Galpin Society Journal This book is a praiseworthy effort to shed some light on the murkier side of the violin trade. Harvey has done a commendable job of evaluating analogous cases from the art world to determine how courts might decide cases involving instruments. Violin Fraud provides an excellent overview of the pertinent legal issues for anyone contemplating the purchase or sale of a fine instrument. Notes