Devices and method to confirm the authenticity of art objects
OwnerFrancisco J. Fernandez-Rubioinventor
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Abstract
Art objects are authenticated by using a pair of sealed radioactive sources emitting identical gamma ray spectra unique to that pair. One of the sources is attached to a particular, assigned art object. The surface of the other source is engraved with information relevant to the identity of the particular art object. At a late date, the gamma ray spectra of both sources are obtained and compared, and if they are identical, the art object is authenticated.
Claims7
A method to confirm the authenticity of art objects comprising (a) fabricating a pair of sealed radioactive sources emitting identical gamma-ray spectra unique to said pair (b) assigning said pair of sealed radioactive sources to a particular art object (c) attaching one of said sealed radioactive sources of said pair to the body of said particular art object using fastening means (d) inscribing on the surface of the other one of said sealed radioactive sources of said pair information relevant to the authenticity of said particular art object (e) assaying at a later date said sealed radioactive sources to obtain their respective gamma-ray spectra using energy-responsive gamma-ray detecting means (f) comparing to one another said obtained gamma-ray spectra so as to verify that they are identical.
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