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... art. She felt a need to put this art to work. The original McCarthy appraisal had been the basis for an insurance policy that had lapsed more than 50 years earlier. The insured concluded that she could get a new policy and put her artful forgery to use. On a fine Tuesday afternoon, she dressed in a long black dress, reaching to her ankles and buttoned high on her neck. She tied her pure white hair in a tight bun at the top of her head. She picked up her cane and ... design, handmade in the south of France in the 17th century. A porcelain creamer that she bought at J.C. Penney became a Meissen porcelain figurine from the early 19th century. She described a landscape print she had bought at a garage sale as an Andrew Wyeth oil, signed by the artist in 1932. When she was finished, she had 20 sheets listing 130 items with a total value of $275,000. She signed McCarthy's name to each sheet and dated it. The imitation of McCarthy's style and penmanship was ... put her artful forgery to use. On a fine Tuesday afternoon, she dressed in a long black dress, reaching to her ankles and buttoned high on her neck. She tied her pure white hair in a tight bun at the top of her head. She picked up her cane and walked briskly out of her home and into the Southern California sun. She walked two blocks and entered a storefront insurance agency. She introduced herself and said: Young man, can you get insurance for my fine art? ' Of course ...