Anshelm SCHULTZBERG
1862–1945, Sweden

Oil on canvas, mountain landscape, signed "A. SCHULTZBERG" 60x46 cm. Ostensibly picturing a genuine oil painting by artist Anselm Schultzberg. The police were called to an online auction house in Stockholm in March 2013 where a buyer had returned this painting on the grounds that it was a forgery. It was cataloged and estimated price was SEK 4000. The purchase price was SEK 5,000. The painting was submitted to the auction house by a private person who states in a police interrogation that he was asked by an acquaintance to sell the painting when he was in debt to the bailiff and therefore could not sell it in his own name. (A common fabrications among fraudsters). After careful examination, it was found that the painting was a forgery.

Oil on canvas. Early spring, 70x97, 5 cm. The painting was submitted to a pawnshop in Sweden. The owner received SEK 15,000. Pantbanken summoned the police when they suspect that the painting was a forgery. At examination revealed that the painting has previously been submitted at an auction house in Stockholm, where it was cataloged but then withdrawn when it was suspected to be incorrect. The painting is considered a so-called half forgery i.e. it probably is painted in an honest purpose, but was later charged a dishonest signature in order to mislead future buyers. The district court: "The signature should be removed, then the painting will be returned to the owner. Warning: There is a risk that the painting will be on the market again, then with a new signature.

Oil on canvas. The painting was submitted to an auction house in Stockholm for sale January 2007. The auction house suspected it was a forgery and contacted police who took painting seized. Upon questioning the owner said that he had tried to sell the painting through another auction house but they did not accept it because it did not seem real. After the expert investigation and judgment declared that the painting is not genuine. It's a forgery.