The New York Times describes how, as the price of art continues to increase, more art collectors seek to have the courts rule on cases of authenticity, as witnessed through the three recent cases involving Knoedler & Company; though often the arbiters decide based on their experience in contract law versus any knowledge of the arts.

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‪‬Several drawings by Richard Diebenkorn sold by Knoedler & Company are in an authenticity dispute by the artist’s family, “They didn’t look quite right, and we said, ‘The provenance is wacky and the story behind the provenance makes no sense,'” said Richard Grant of the Diebenkorn Foundation

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