Is it a crime to fake a historical document, such as a letter JFK supposedly wrote,

raccoon

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Mon Jun-13-11 08:38 AM
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Is it a crime to fake a historical document, such as a letter JFK supposedly wrote,

but really didn't?

Or to fake a painting by say, Van Gogh?

DISCLAIMER: I'm not planning to do anything like this, but an episode of MURDER, SHE WROTE, where someone faked a letter Washington supposedly wrote, made me think of this.

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frazzled

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Mon Jun-13-11 08:39 AM
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1. Um, yes, forgery is a crime.

Of course, you can copy a van Gogh to practice your painting. But if you try to sell it to someone as a van Gogh you'll be van going to prison.

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Coyote_Bandit

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Mon Jun-13-11 08:42 AM
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3. Likely fraud as well as forgery n/t

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HopeHoops

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Mon Jun-13-11 08:41 AM
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2. It isn't a crime to FAKE it, but trying to sell it as an authentic collectible, well, yeah that is.

We just had a local "collectibles" dealer get busted up one side and down the other for a SHITLOAD of forged "authentic" signatures and other items he had been selling both in his shop and over the Internet. You can fake it all you want - and post it on the Internet. There's a lot of that shit that gets posted here on DU - we call it "humor". Just don't try to pass it off as real and make money from it.

Oh - JFK wrote this post.

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raccoon

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Mon Jun-13-11 08:50 AM
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4. Thanks for a laugh, HH. nt

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FreakinDJ

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Mon Jun-13-11 08:51 AM
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5. But faking a Historical document for political gain

without seeking financial gain is .......

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HopeHoops

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Mon Jun-13-11 11:09 AM
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7. Yeah, I could see that. How about fakin' historisms 'bout ridin' a horse, ringin' bells & shootin'

I guess it isn't illegal to be a total fucking moron, huh.

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Historic NY

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Mon Jun-13-11 09:13 AM
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6. Remember the Mormon & Hitler document scandals ...people will do anything to make a buck..

or to pass off an item as genuine. Like the JFK death ambulance sale recently...even with junkyard photos of its destruction, from the JFK Library it was sold with great fan fair.

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sinkingfeeling

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Mon Jun-13-11 01:53 PM
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8. It's only a crime in both , if you claim them as real.

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