Curators say they are putting on display more than 90 forgeries by Mark A. Landis, an eccentric painter who donated dozens of phony works to museums around the country for more than 25 years before being found out in 2008.
Among other nasty allegations, the lawsuits claim that Levine Leichtman staged a frantic late-night Mother's Day session last year concocting bogus orders and phony work-in-progress entries.
Make the change gradually to avoid looking phony, working bit by bit will make the transition effective and natural-looking.
It's all phony, but it works here as long as they keep the women and kids from being educated, from knowing what's going on in the outside world".
But new bidders should know that auctions of all sizes, both live and online, may occasionally employ questionable practices like phony bidding, pretending works that don't meet their reserve are sold, and misrepresenting items in their catalogs.
A teenager was sentenced Friday in Akron to life in prison without parole for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers.
Determining what part of the rally was legitimate and which part was phony is indeed hard work.
There is absolutely no point in working up phony sentiment about Gonzalez somehow becoming a venerable Mr. Chips of the northern Bronx.
The company employed at least 2,000 home health aides, including a dozen who were convicted last week of working with phony certifications.
The slung pelvis that you see on Broadway, the frozen grins, the women showing their panties, the men trying to look interested: she is willing to produce these things, but, because she knows better, they come out looking cheesier, phonier, than in the work of Broadway regulars.
