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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
"Penske Lied"
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What gets me is that most people agree Penske isn't high wattage smart, but no one ever considers this when evaluating his stories. Sure, that wasn't Picasso, but that doesn't mean he didn't think it was. MAYBE THE BOY WAS DUPED. His parents, starry eyed and nouveau riche, savoring their good fortune, meeting picasso. they were primed for it.
Of course Elmyr de Hory was out of prison by 1972 and could have been working the crowds in that area. Reformed? Well the French police wouldn't mind if he was cheating American citizens, fully 45% of the french economy is cheating american tourists (more since Iraq oil kickbacks have dried up).
Rather than J'acusse Penske of lying, I think a more polite approach might have been to ask whether "Picasso" offered to sell his parents some drawings "at a discount" say 50K francs.
Penske, was this the guy you met?
Elmyr de Hory as Picasso
