Just a few days before the auction on February 1, Sotheby's in New York decided to pull a fake  Paul Fischer painting out of the auction Page 162. Page 162 and 163 in the original catalog. The falsification was revealed at Kunstnyt.dk and an email was sent to Sotheby's, both to the Danish department and headquarters in New York, which, however, did not comment. To the left as the catalog now shows online where No. 804 is missing. Two days after Kunstnyt.dk made Sotheby's aware of the falsification, January 17, it was taken out of the auction. Paul Fischer is a world famous Danish painter whose paintings have been sold by the hundreds worldwide many at Sotheby's and Christie's. The painting can not be pulled out of the original catalog and that is a big problem. If the painting is returned to the seller without delay, it can always be "documented" that it has been "sold" at Sotheby's. The original directory can not be corrected. The fake is very poorly painted and far from Paul Fischer's normal quality. Incomprehensibly it was not stopped by Sotheby's experts. Sotheby's has not published why the painting has been withdrawn from the auction. Sotheby's i New York har trukket Paul Fischer-forfalskningen ud af auktionen Linket fører ikke mere til billedet herover. Klik her. Above in Danish from Kunstnyt.dk when annonced translated into English: Sotheby's in New York has withdrawn the fake Paul Fischer. Activating the link (Klik her) opens the page shown below. Preben Juul Madsen journalist and art writer Kunstnyt.dk November 28, 2018 All photographs: Sotheby.s New York