i know who y'all are.

it does not matter if you have all the necessary paperwork issued by experts or if the works you own are authentic beyond reasonable doubt, inclusive of verifiable provenance, for in sooth there are several rogue art dealers that rule over the market and if you are not in their good graces and stepped into their territory, they will spread out backstabbing rumors that the works you own are not palatable or even worse off - fakes or stolen, and will not let you exercise the full potential of value over your holdings. once they ‘burn’ your possessions, these artworks will not be viable market-wise locally in serbia as well as the region as these unfair traders are networking across europe with their peers based on the wave of power they have been generating, respectively. it happened numerous times to me. the only way to keep these malign individuals at bay would have been to make them scared somehow, extremely scared ... but often times they are backed by the government and powers that be creeping in as weekend bbq friends or clients. it is not that this market is not infected with fakes of all kinds, but it is also very hard to find honest to goodness half decent discerning experienced individuals to talk about everything and get some protection and support as the evil has been expanding itself proportionally symmetrical to the increase in the size of their wallets.