Examining Fakes and Forgeries

For many years, experts at Sotheby’s auction house were trained on the collection of fakes and forgeries assembled by the expert Jim Kiddell, which is now a teaching collection at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Bet McLeod, an independent scholar who has recently catalogued the collection, showcases the range and variety of ceramics, metalwork and glass in the collection, followed by a handling session.