Introduction / Ronald D. Spencer

pt. I. Authentication and connoisseurship. Authenticating the attribution of art: connoisseurship and the law in the judging of forgeries, copies, and false attributions / Francis V. O'Connor ; Rembrandt and a brief history of connoisseurship / Peter C. Sutton ; On forgeries / Max J. Friedländer ; Issues of authenticity in the auction house / John L. Tancock ; The catalogue raisonné / Michael Findlay ; The role of the catalogue raisonné in the art market / Peter Kraus ; The authentic will win out: Eugene V. Thaw interviewed / by Ronald D. Spencer ; Attributing old master drawings / Noël Annesley ; Signature identification: from pen stroke to brush stroke / Patricia Siegel ; The International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) / Sharon Flescher ; Museums and authenticity issues: Samuel Sachs, II interviewed / by Ronald Spencer ; Examining the techniques and materials of painting / Rustin S. Levenson ; Preservation and authenticity in contemporary art / Rustin S. Levenson

pt. II. Authentication and law. The art expert, the law, and real life / Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. ; The risk of legal liability for attributions of visual art / Ronald D. Spencer ; Authentication in court: factors considered and standards proposed / Ronald D. Spencer ; A legal decision in New York gives experts protection for their opinions on authenticity / Ronald D. Spencer ; Establishing authenticity in French law / Van Kirk Reeves.