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Fairey, Shepard More info
Edition Details
Year:2008
Class:Art Print
Status:Fake
EB Awards
Art of the Week 02/20/08
Art Print of the Year 08
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1. Real head is small, round, and proportional to body (seems obvious right? but its not that clear when you see a bootleg without the comparison).

2. Collar flaps are smaller and tighter in orginal. Same with the tie.

3. Obama symbol is smaller.

[Note - I bet the above three will get harder to distinguish as bootlegs get better]

4. My bootleg has a chemical smell from the cheap dye.

5. Manila paper quality on the real one is distinctive. I am not a paper expert so its hard for me to describe, but it just has a very strong high quality feel to it. The paper on my particular bootleg is pretty flimsy in comparison.

6. The richness and depth of the color match that of the original and are solid through the paper. This is the hardest to convey in a digital photo, but its very obvious when observing in real life.

That's all I observed other than the overall feel of the two. Held side to side it would be hard to mistake [given that low-quality bootleg], I think its likely more challenging just seeing one alone in isolation."
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