Friday, January 21, 2011

The Forger's Story

If you love art and wondering about what motivates people, you will love this article by John Gapper from the Financial Times. Registration is required though.

One morning last September, a visitor arrived at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana. He had been expected at 9am but he called from outside at 7.45am, and when Lee Gray, the museum’s curator, went down to greet him, she found his red Cadillac parked across two spaces in the handicapped spot. His name was Father Arthur Scott, he was dressed in the outfit of a Jesuit priest with a Society of Jesus lapel pin, and he bore a gift

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A classic case of utility maximization??

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