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EP. 148 — Fraud van Gogh. w/ Jonathan Van Ness
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? Jonathan Van Ness joins us to discuss how Margaret Keane didn’t know that her husband, Walter Keane was taking credit for her famous “Big Eyed” children paintings popularized during the 1950s and 60s. Plus, find out how one woman found a stack of 70 Chase bank credit cards in her mailbox. Stay Schemin’!
Sources:
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/margaret-and-walter-keane-art-fraud
https://www.keane-eyes.com/item/limited-editions/exhibit-224/
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