Word: fakeration
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Therein lies the difficulty. The field is exceedingly lucrative for a clever "faker". It is necessary only to find in some garret a respectable painting; sufficiently powdered with dust and old-looking, tell the world about it, and the hoax is sure to find a buyer. The work may not succeed in the distinction of being called a Titian or a Rembrandt for long, but if advertised properly is sure to fool someone who knows nothing about art and buys for the name alone. Under modern methods of publicity, "finds" can be staged which will outdo Mark Twain's story...
Once again is the wily faker preying on the innocence of the gullible undergraduate. Once again is the plausible perpetrator of hoaxes ingratiating himself with eager bargain-hunters, making them astounding offers at incredibly low prices, "letting them in on" opportunities for investment so heaven-sent that it seems nothing short of a crime to let the occasion slip...