Quote Originally Posted by roger_ramjet View Post

Stenson: you are not far wrong. The painting was sold for less than $ 10,000 as recently as 2005. It was bought by a group of art dealers as a painting by one of Leonardo's students: they restored it and then magically authenticated it as a genuine LDV ! The kings new clothes fade into insignificance in comparison to that level of chicanery.

So we have something traded at an artificial value between parties. Claude Davies anyone?
I wonder if there's a sell on clause otherwise the seller had their pants down in 2005!