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75:. By selling the artwork through his shop, it created provenance, bolstering the claim of authenticity. By signing the artist's name on the pictures, he sold them as original, genuine pieces of art. He even managed to sell off a van Dyck for around $ 600. Eventually the amount of art coming out of his shop raised suspicions, and the police raided it and arrested him in 1985. Sim had gotten caught with spelling mistakes in some signatures, specifically with 99:
Sim was a guest of honor at the inaugural 'Mangaweka Fakes & Forgeries Festival' held in 2007 in his birth town. He appeared again as a prize presenter in 2011 at the now two yearly event, and was planned to appear at the 2013 event in November, before his death in October of that year. In 2007,
87:. Following his conviction he continued to forge art, using associates to sell his forgeries through auction houses in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom until shortly before his death. He was responsible for a set of six forged artworks attributed to 47:. Richardson had him learn by copying other artists, including old masters and Charles F Goldie. Sim later worked as a "well diviner," choosing the best place to dig a well, in Manawatu in the 1950s. He also used his artistic skills working as a 91:
displayed at an Auckland exhibition in 2000. Though one auctioneer claims his fakes were obvious and wouldn't fool experts since he used the same techniques and pigments in his forgeries.
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region, and attended Oroua Downs School. His artistic talents were discovered at Palmerston North Technical School, where from the age of 14 he learned under
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Sim noticed his art from school being auctioned off as originals of other artists, and from there started forging on purpose. He would forge artists such as
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forgeries where he capitalized the v in van, as well as signing one painting "Veldon." He was convicted of 40 counts of forgery and sentenced to 200 hours
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and a fine of $ 1,000. Afterward he changed his name to Carl Feoder Goldie, so he could legally sign his work as
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A Good Joke: The Live and Crimes of Notorious New Zealand Art Forger Karl Sim
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Merania Karauria (1 August 2019). "The artful forger". Manawatu Guardian.
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he was named the 8th greatest art forger in the world.
23:(6 December 1923 – 21 October 2013) was a New Zealand 406: 202:"'Loveable rogue' as colourful as his forgeries" 157: 251: 366: 388:C F Goldie and the Creative Art of Forgery 385: 307:Scott Kara and Nick Smith (30 June 2000). 199: 117:C F Goldie and the Creative Art of Forgery 195: 193: 191: 228:"C.F. Goldie: the old master revisited" 407: 188: 153: 151: 149: 147: 336:"Final sign-off for Goldie imitator" 309:"Gauguin is a forgery, says curator" 302: 300: 273: 271: 221: 219: 13: 371:. New Zealand: Saddle Hill Press. 360: 225: 144: 115:), which was later republished as 14: 451: 297: 268: 252:Jayne Mulligan (4 October 2015). 216: 170:"The Art of Forgery – Karl F Sim" 279:"Forger Carl Feodor Goldie dies" 103:He wrote a book in 2003, called 435:People from Foxton, New Zealand 328: 245: 200:Chris Hyde (24 October 2003). 162: 130:He died on 21 October 2013 at 1: 137: 94: 30: 254:"Foibles of a Foxton Forger" 7: 10: 456: 54: 367:Ian Dougherty (2019). 341:The New Zealand Herald 314:The New Zealand Herald 232:New Zealand Geographic 440:People from Mangaweka 390:. London, UK: Lulu. 132:North Shore Hospital 45:H. Linley Richardson 425:New Zealand artists 386:Karl F Sim (2003). 174:Theresasjoquist.com 41:ManawatÅ«-Whanganui 21:Carl Feoder Goldie 344:. 25 October 2013 285:. 24 October 2013 226:Clarke, Jacquie. 176:. 24 October 2013 81:community service 447: 401: 382: 354: 353: 351: 349: 332: 326: 325: 323: 321: 304: 295: 294: 292: 290: 275: 266: 265: 263: 261: 249: 243: 242: 240: 238: 223: 214: 213: 211: 209: 197: 186: 185: 183: 181: 166: 160: 159: 155: 69:Charles F Goldie 61:Frances Hodgkins 35:Sim was born in 19:, also known as 455: 454: 450: 449: 448: 446: 445: 444: 405: 404: 398: 379: 363: 361:Further reading 358: 357: 347: 345: 334: 333: 329: 319: 317: 305: 298: 288: 286: 277: 276: 269: 259: 257: 250: 246: 236: 234: 224: 217: 207: 205: 198: 189: 179: 177: 168: 167: 163: 156: 145: 140: 97: 57: 33: 17:Karl Feoder Sim 12: 11: 5: 453: 443: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 403: 402: 396: 383: 377: 362: 359: 356: 355: 327: 296: 267: 244: 215: 187: 161: 142: 141: 139: 136: 105:Good As Goldie 96: 93: 77:van der Velden 56: 53: 32: 29: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 452: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 412: 410: 399: 393: 389: 384: 380: 378:9780473480929 374: 370: 365: 364: 343: 342: 337: 331: 316: 315: 310: 303: 301: 284: 280: 274: 272: 255: 248: 233: 229: 222: 220: 203: 196: 194: 192: 175: 171: 165: 154: 152: 150: 148: 143: 135: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 113:9781869589073 110: 106: 101: 92: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 65:Colin McCahon 62: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 28: 26: 22: 18: 387: 368: 346:. Retrieved 339: 330: 318:. Retrieved 312: 287:. Retrieved 282: 258:. Retrieved 247: 235:. Retrieved 231: 206:. Retrieved 178:. Retrieved 173: 164: 129: 116: 104: 102: 98: 89:Paul Gauguin 84: 58: 34: 20: 16: 15: 430:Art forgers 420:2013 deaths 415:1923 births 409:Categories 397:1471745422 138:References 125:1471745422 95:Later life 49:signwriter 31:Early life 25:art forger 256:. Salient 85:CF Goldie 37:Mangaweka 348:1 August 320:1 August 260:1 August 208:1 August 204:. Stuff 55:Forgery 39:in the 394:  375:  289:13 May 237:13 May 180:13 May 123:  111:  73:Foxton 67:, and 392:ISBN 373:ISBN 350:2019 322:2019 291:2020 262:2019 239:2020 210:2019 182:2020 121:ISBN 109:ISBN 283:RNZ 127:). 411:: 338:. 311:. 299:^ 281:. 270:^ 230:. 218:^ 190:^ 172:. 146:^ 63:, 51:. 400:. 381:. 352:. 324:. 293:. 264:. 241:. 212:. 184:. 119:( 107:(

Index

art forger
Mangaweka
Manawatū-Whanganui
H. Linley Richardson
signwriter
Frances Hodgkins
Colin McCahon
Charles F Goldie
Foxton
van der Velden
community service
Paul Gauguin
ISBN
9781869589073
ISBN
1471745422
North Shore Hospital




"The Art of Forgery – Karl F Sim"



"'Loveable rogue' as colourful as his forgeries"


"C.F. Goldie: the old master revisited"
"Foibles of a Foxton Forger"

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