W. T. Falscher

Think of it as an M.O.T. for the art world. A certificate of authenticity (COA) ensures that you can buy, sell, or insure a piece of art with confidence, knowing it’s genuine and won’t come with unexpected surprises. Our office is the only official source of COAs for W. T. Falscher’s work. We provide them for paintings, prints, sculptures, and other creative endeavors. Our COA is called wtfCOA

Here is the sole official point of sale for new works by the artist.

If galleries offer works of art by W. T. Falscher, they will be listed here. If you see a work by W. T. Falscher somewhere in a gallery that is not listed here, then it is either a resale or a forgery.

No galleries are currently involved in the sale.

If you’ve agreed to purchase a W. T. Falscher artwork—but before making payment—you can submit the details to us (a copy of wtfCOA to hallo@force.luxe), and we’ll verify it against our database to ensure its authenticity. This is a thorough process designed to safeguard both the buyer and the seller.

We can only provide this service if the artwork already has a wtf certificate of authenticity (wtfCOA). There is a fee for this service, which will be refunded if the artwork is found to be fake.

If the artwork doesn’t have a wtfCOA, the owner will need to submit an authentication request instead.

Cost
Processing an NFT for authentication = CHF 250 + VAT.
Processing an Original via mail for authentication = CHF 350 + VAT.

By the way: every time we sell original works, we ask the buyer for their wallet address so that we can then send the certificate of authenticity as an NFT. If the owner of the artwork does not have a wallet and is not familiar with blockchain, the buyer receives a printed document – our wtfCOA – together with the artwork. Therefore: ask the owner for the NFT too!

Important
As a rule, we send a certificate of authenticity as an NFT to the buyer’s wallet for every work of art. It is therefore the rule that the NFT must also be transferred to the new owner each time the artwork is resold. Reselling a work of art by W. T. Falscher without transferring the corresponding NFT to the new owner harbours risks when it comes to proving the authenticity of the artwork.

If there is no NFT for the artwork available and also no wtfCOA, the artwork is most likely a forgery. To investigate this, the following measure is necessary.

Please provide us as much detail as you have on the history of your artwork by email to hallo@force.luxe:
– Your name and full current home address
– Your relationship and status to the artwork (private collector, gallery, legal representative of the owner, etc.)
– Artwork title
– Artwork type (print, original, signed, unsigned)
– Edition No. # of #
– Dimensions (unframed), height x width (cm)
– Purchase price (incl. taxes)
– Purchase date
– Purchased from
– All previous owner information, provenance etc.

and
– A straight on image of the Artwork as a whole (front) & an image of the reverse of the work, close up images of the edition number, signature (where applicable) and any other markings and also proof of purchase including all receipts and provenance plus two images of your photo identification: one with yourself, and the second next to the edition number on the artwork.

Should the work be verified we will issue you with a Certificate of Authentication (wtfCOA).
We use the information provided to record you as the owner, this means no one else can pretend it belongs to them.
If you have multiple W. T. Falscher pieces that you’d like to be considered for authentication, please complete a separate form for each.

Cost
Processing an NFT for authentication = CHF 250 + VAT.
Processing an Original via mail for authentication = CHF 350 + VAT.
You will not be charged if the work is found to be a fake.

If you’ve already purchased a W. T. Falscher artwork with a wtfCOA on the secondary market, we recommend registering yourself as the new owner if no NFT is available as a certificate of authenticity. This helps confirm your transaction, prevents others from claiming it as their own, and helps identify counterfeit works.

There is a fee for this service of CHF 150 + VAT, which will be refunded if the artwork is determined to be fake.
If an NFT is present, it costs nothing because the seller must give you the NFT (transfer it to your wallet) and we are fine.

You’re welcome to use W. T. Falscher’s images for non-commercial, personal use – excludes the logo/lettering (protected by trademark law). Print them in a color that matches your curtains, make a card for your grandma, or even submit them as part of your homework—go for it.

However, neither W. T. Falscher nor force.luxe licenses the artist’s images to third parties. Please refrain from using W. T. Falscher’s images for any commercial purpose, such as creating merchandise or misleading others into thinking something is made or endorsed by the artist when it isn’t.

…and also note that the falscher trade mark is registered worldwide and protected by copyright.

For works of art that have already been sold, we know at least the first buyer and in some cases we have the full provenance. We are happy to contact the owner and make an offer. This service is free of charge.

Should a sale take place through us as a trustee, we charge 5% of the purchase price as an artist’s royalty.

If you are interested, please contact us at hallo@force.luxe. We need the catalog number of the artwork and your offer.