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Written by admin on March 7, 2009 – 1:19 am -Dealer Larry Gagosian bought $3 million worth of gold – 100 1-kilo (2.2 pounds) gold ingots – for a piece Burden titled “One Ton, One Kilo.” But the gold bricks never arrived. Read the original here: The Art of the Prank » Blog » Art Publicity Stunt Stung by Fraud Read More →
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Written by admin on March 7, 2009 – 1:19 am -Dealer Larry Gagosian bought $3 million worth of gold - 100 1-kilo (2.2 pounds) gold ingots - for a piece Burden titled “One Ton, One Kilo.” But the gold bricks never arrived. Gagosian made the purchase from Stanford Coins & Bullion , a company owned by Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire recently charged by the SEC with a “massive, ongoing fraud.” The gold bars have been frozen with Stanford’s other assets. Gagosian went to court to unfreeze his gold , arguing that his .. Read the original post: The Art of the Prank » Blog Archive » Art Publicity Stunt Stung by … Read More →
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