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More options 16 May, 11:52

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From: performingchimp <i...@jongommdot.com>

Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:52:12 +0100

Local: Fri 16 May 2008 11:52

Subject: Re: The Artful Codgers

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nosferatu wrote:
> On 16 May, 01:25, David Kilpatrick <iconma...@btconnect.com> wrote:
>> nosferatu wrote:
>>> What a great show . I wish i lived next door to George . One Original
>>> Gibson 1954 Les Paul Gold Top coming up !..
>> He could have done the ceiling for us too, a feww years lying on a bit
>> of scaffolding would have been no problem...

>> I liked the conclusion that he produced the world's best art&artefact
>> forgeries ever because he was pissed of with Londoners ignoring him
>> because he came from Bolton and no-one took northerners seriously.

>> The other 'arf just said - well, David Hockney managed OK...

>> There was that Lowry bloke too.

>> Mind you, after seeing this, I wouldn't trust anyone who offered me a
>> Lowry for a few hundred k down the pub.

>> David

> But the ending was the icing on the cake .When shortly before his
> sentence locals thought it peculiar when he started using a
> wheelchair . So after been found guilty he was immediately
> released ! . Seemingly no prison facilities exist that could house
> this *wheelchair bound* pensioner . Class .

I found the old dude pretty horrible. Funny from a distance.
But the way the family all existed in this little bubble was not at all
nice.

But it was the son. My god, the lad was a genius. He created stunningly
beautiful things, from modern paintings to ancient reliefs. His
technical skill is really enormous. I hope he is having a nice time in
jail, and is being time and space to create. It's a real shame that he
was born to a pair of controlling liars, he could have been something
pretty special.

Personally I'm not sure what crime they really committed - if the money
is all returned because they didn't want it or use it, then no harm
done. Everything except the money - the time wasted etc - well that was
part of those people's *jobs*, as was recognising fakes.

Anyway, fake or not, they were beautiful things.

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