: Many "originals" sold online are actually high-quality pages cut from vintage 1940s Esquire or 1960s Playboy magazines.
For art purists, lumping real Vargas with fakes is heresy. But from a digital culture standpoint, the is a fascinating case study in:
In the sweltering heat of a Rio de Janeiro summer, a peculiar legend began to circulate among the city's art collectors and historians. It was said that a mysterious archive, known as the "Vargas Fakes," had been secretly hidden away, containing some of the most convincing forgeries ever created.