The Museum Swap: How a Registrar Replaced a Painting for Years
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The Museum Swap: How a Registrar Replaced a Painting for Years
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A retired bookkeeper found a museum accession tag on a painting leaning against a water-stained church wall in Dunmore, Pennsylvania - and the canvas turned out to be a fake while the original had been quietly sold for $62,000. How did a competent forgery, a genuine antique frame, and routine paperwork combine to hide a theft for nearly two years?
In this episode, we tell the story of what happened when a Varick Regional Museum of Art painting went missing without anyone knowing, how the museum’s procedures and a registrar’s exit created the conditions for the swap, and why a photograph in a church basement finally broke the case - could routine checks and trusted staff really mask a months-long theft?
Person: Angela Miller
Date: August 14, 2011
Location: Blessed Redeemer Church basement, Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Object: Estuary, Evening (oil on canvas attributed to William R. Oakes)
Sale price: $62,000
- The painting had an accession tag from Varick Regional Museum of Art attached to its back.
- Angela Miller was 63 years old when she photographed the painting and called police.
- Varick requested an insurance re-evaluation in March 2007 that authenticated the frame via three institutions.
- Laura Novak left Varick in November 2009 after working as a registrar's assistant and was not subject to an exit audit.
- Condition checks for Estuary, Evening were initialed L.N, in September 2008, February 2009, and August 2009.
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